Francis´ Blog Literary Criticism

The novel “Uglies” is about “uglies” and “Pretties” when people are sixteen years old they have an operation to turn pretties because they born being uglies. After the operation they have to move to Prettie town because before sixteen  the live in Ugly town . This novel reflects a huge issue that our society is suffering. Most people want to be accepted for the society. Specially, teenagers want to be pretties, they compare by themselves with others and in many cases they do not accept the appearance they have because they think they are not as pretties as they want to be. Adolescents want to look like famous people, such as physically, how they wear, how they talk and also the way they act. But why people desire to be and look like other? Society think that they just can achieve the success if they are pretties, they can get a good job, have a beautiful family, have friends with a high status whatever make them feel happy. Currently, girls are suffering low self- este...

Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kurt Vonnegut is considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. He blended literature with science fiction and humor, the absurd with pointed social commentary . The short story “ Harrison Bergeron” was published in 1961. Probably, Kurt Vonnegut was inspired to write “ Harrison Bergeron” in some life´s experiences. Vennegut was captured in Germany, he was a soldier in the united State Army during the world war II, he was a survive Allied bombing raids of Dresden that killed over 100,000 civilians and were kept secret for many years after the war. Maybe he tried to draw this experience of his life in this story of “Harrison Bergeron” because in the story Harrison was in jail and he scaped from there. Doubtless , Vonnegut considered that televisión was a waste of time and force intent on destroying independent thought by people. However, it is important to mention that probably Vonn...