Justice or injustice are two very important themes in my novel. The hole story is about being "ugly" and turning "pretty" at sixteen. And the world where those people are living in separates these two sides very clearly. Uglies can't do what they want, they are always supervised, they have a special schedule that they have to follow and if they do anything wrong, they may recieve a punishment. But the worst part is that everyone makes them think they are ugly and not good enough so they strongly believe in this. But on the contrary, the pretties have all the rights: they are almost compelled to have fun, they do absolutely waht they want everyday without any schedule or anything to block them. Everybody thinks that they are better than everyone else, even the pretty themselves.
"Of course, Peris could sleep as late as he wanted now. Just one of the advantages of being pretty." (Westerfeld 5)
The character, and even the reader, learns in this novel that there always are situations of injustice. And Tally, the main character, understood this when she met Shay: she learned that the world she is living in is full of injustice and she really tries to find the right middle. She breaks a lot of rules and sometimes it is for the best, but she has to learn that some choices have serious consequences. And that the best way to try to find any sort of justice is to try to be happy with your rights and, I think, sometimes to break some rules. We all need freedom, we just have to know our boundaries. I think that there will always be injustice but we can try to manage it in our way, the best that we can.
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