I chose the article "If You Think Beautiful People Hold All the Cards, You're Right, Says a Researcher" from People's Magazine because it displays the injustice of biased thinking based on appearance. In the article the author talks about how beautiful people are treated superiorly in our contemporary society. They are marked easily on tests, most times they are not even convicted in court and their life is much easier just because they are beautiful. When first seeing the title I was very shocked and the facts lead me to think that it is totally unfair to judge someone on something they have no control over and to praise others with something they are just born with. I believe that this is the greatest injustice in the modern society as well as in the "Uglies" society where people are separated based on appearance. This article connects greatly to the novel since pretty people are thought to be worthier than any other being in both writings.
The author of the article supports the plot of "Uglies" as he believes that children in our society are influenced to believe that grotesque people are always losers opposed to the beautiful who always live happily ever after. In this way children want to be beautiful when they grow up since they see the benefits in fiction ,but fiction is not real life. However, even in real life the author states that bias occurs to enhance pretty people's status.
This article made me think that this society is on the wrong track as well as the society in "Uglies". If this judgmental mind-set keeps growing the people will have difficulty to sustain themselves and believing in who they are. With all this confusion many people even lose there self identity and become someone else.
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