What is pretty? What is ugly? Scott Westerfeld questions a number of modern conventions in his gripping trilogy series, including mob mentality and body modification. The Uglies series is a social critique of freedom of choice, governmental control, and beauty standards. Young adults are the intended audience for the Uglies series, and they are a group that is particularly vulnerable to a certain risk: peer pressure. The series ultimately investigates what it means to be human instinctively and even ventures into the world of transhumanism, which is beyond the scope of humanity. Iris, my personal character, is the central figure in this design series.