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Examples Of Rebellion In Uglies By Scott Westerfeld

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How does rebellion affect the person and their behavior? The book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a story that shows how teenagers have to conform to society while others rebel against it. “Finally, Shay said the words Tally had been thinking,‘ I’m going to loose you, aren't I?’ ‘You’re the one who’s running away.’ ” Shay is running away to join a rebellion called the Smokies, who are a group of people who stay in the forest and do not become a pretty, they also try to show how wrong it is to become a pretty and how they want you to believe that everything is perfect and their only job is to have fun. Shay is deciding to rebel against society by not letting herself have surgery so she could be a pretty and she sees that what society is trying

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