Thursday, July 15, 2010

Started Uglies

Jack-- feel free to edit this post so it is in your own words! I wanted to make sure we don't lose what you told me about your reading, so I am posting what we discussed.
You read Scott Westerfeld's "Uglies" through page 84. So far, you're really liking the book. We have met main characters Tally and Shay, and we have determined that the book is set in the future (at least 100 years in the future, according to the time clue on page 13).
Last week, I asked you to pay particular attention to page 42 and the chapter "Facing the Future." You made the connection to the special effects photos you took using the photo booth on your computer. In the book, Tally and Shay use a mirror special effect to create a perfectly symmetrical face for Shay. This perfect symmetry is part of what makes all the post-operation pretties so "pretty." Tally and Shay's experimentation with technology kind of worked like yours did-- but Tally was using it to see what Shay might actually look like after the operation. I think it's a relief that there are no cyclops Jack, big-eyed Jack, perfectly symmetrical Jack, or conjoined twin Jacks in our future! -Tegan

2 comments:

  1. Interesting that after we discussed uniforms, the blogger alreadypretty wrote about them, too:

    http://www.alreadypretty.com/2010/07/on-uniforms.html

    Interesting!

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  2. i read her bolg post and liked it. i have an experiance about wearing a baseball uniform it made me feel professional with my number and everything.

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