"The Uglies"

In my novel " The Uglies" the idea of a dystopic society is present. Their society is divided into the categories of pretty and ugly which disconnects people from the reality that they are still all people.

The main character, a young girl named Tally has yet to get the surgery to become pretty. Unlike everyone else she has a different way of thinking.

"Her name was Shay. She had long dark hair in pigtails, and her eyes were too wide apart. Her lips were fuull enough, but she was even skinnier than a new pretty. She'd come over to New Pretty Town on her own expedition, and had been hiding here by the river for an hour. "I've never seen anything like this," she wispered. "There's wardens and hovercars everywhere!"

This part of the novel really made me think about a dystopic society. The fact that everyone is always under constant surrveilance, always being watched. Also the fact that "pretties" are seen around town and they are just ignored and walked by unlike the "uglies" who are targeted and displayed as less. When there are still equal, they just look different.

Our society today could 100% turn into something like this and in many cases it already has. Places like London, and a little bit in Vancouver have cameras and surrveilance all around there cities. Some could say this is an invasion of privacy and others see it as a good way to reduce crime.

What do you think?