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Tally In Specials

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In Specials, the main character Tally wants she old boyfriend, Zane, to join the Cutters, her special group of Specials. The cutters are lead by Tally’s friend, Shay. Zane is a Pretty, but he is crippled. Due to the damage on his brain caused by the “cure” for the brain lesion put in every Pretty’s brain during the operation. Because Zane took only one of the pills and Tally took the other, the pill caused Zane’s brain to slowly be eaten away. The pill Tally took was supposed to stop it once it finished getting rid of the lesion, however Tally took that pill not Zane. Tally wants Zane to become a Special, because the operation to become a Special would make in nearly invincible, and cure him of his shakes. Shay knows that Tally has not adjusted to being a Special, and she still continues …show more content…

Shay makes Tally a deal: if Shay can make Zane a special, then Tally will stop making trouble. The girls then break into the city’s armory to try an retrieve something to help him escape to the Smoke. If he were to be caught sneaking to the Smoke, he would be considered to become a Special. Specials are typically the trickiest citizens. The songs Quiet from Matilda the Musical, Dancing Through Life from Wicked the Musical, and Revolting Children from Matilda the Musical can represent all the personalities of Tally, Shay, and the Smokies. The main character Tally is a girl who just wants to fit in, and although in order to fit in she must think like everyone else. However, Tally struggles with calming down and following the crowd. Being a Special she is supposed to listen to the boss and thinks she is better than everyone else. I think a perfect representation of Tally’s thoughts is the song Quiet from Matilda the Musical. Unlike the title, Quiet starts very frantic, fast and frenzied. :-) In the musical Matilda, this is the song that shows how much Matilda thinks about

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