Uglies

by

Scott Westerfeld

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The Boss Character Analysis

The librarian at the Smoke. He’s about 40 and, in Tally’s eyes, is unspeakably ugly: he has milky eyes, saggy skin, shuffles around, and his hands are claw-like. Tally notes that the Boss handles his books surprisingly gracefully despite being so seemingly old and decrepit. The Boss is fanatical about preserving his collection, especially magazines from the Rusty era. The Boss conspires with Tally to save a duffel bag full of magazines when Special Circumstances raids the Smoke, but though he manages to hide the magazines, a Special kills him.

The Boss Quotes in Uglies

The Uglies quotes below are all either spoken by The Boss or refer to The Boss. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Conformity vs. Individuality Theme Icon
).
The Model Quotes

“So this is what people looked like before the first pretty? How could anyone stand to open their eyes?”

“Yeah. It’s scary at first. But the weird thing is, if you keep looking at them, you kind of get used to it.”

Related Characters: Tally Youngblood (speaker), Shay (speaker), The Boss
Page Number: 189
Explanation and Analysis:
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The Boss Quotes in Uglies

The Uglies quotes below are all either spoken by The Boss or refer to The Boss. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Conformity vs. Individuality Theme Icon
).
The Model Quotes

“So this is what people looked like before the first pretty? How could anyone stand to open their eyes?”

“Yeah. It’s scary at first. But the weird thing is, if you keep looking at them, you kind of get used to it.”

Related Characters: Tally Youngblood (speaker), Shay (speaker), The Boss
Page Number: 189
Explanation and Analysis: