Tally Quotes

Tally is an exceptional character from the book Uglies who captivates everyone's attention with her bold personality. Dr. Cable manipulated her by making her go to Smoke all alone, which was an action of a risk taker. In addition, she accomplished many actions that took true courage while she was running away from Special Circumstances during the Smoke invasion. Along with these positive qualities, Tally is a determined girl who will get what she wants when she puts her mind to it. From all the characters from the book, Tally certainly stand outs from the rest because of her exemplary ways.

… They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place; they were too beautiful; they said too much that we could not understand; they did not make sense.” This quote exemplifies a clear depiction of the ignorance of immaturity and a brilliant use of imagery. Collier creates the scene using descriptive words and attaches them to the reader's mind, one can see the torrid flowers and disfigured house. These images capture the author's feelings of disarray and discombobulation, which all contribute to Eugenia Collier's voice.  These feelings lead to the character uprising to adulthood.

In Uglies by Westerfeld, the main character, Tally goes through changes through out the book, like Tally’s decision on becoming a pretty and her choice of going to the Smoke. Tally Youngblood is the protagonist in the novel Uglies. Throughout the story, Tally Youngblood experiences a lot of changes. As Tally’s character experience these changes, her perspective on turning pretty had changed while meeting Shay helped Tally become more rebellious.

Over the course of the book, Tally grows into a strong willed, independent, and responsible girl. She learned to think on her own and not believe everything she is told; from always being lied to by the city. Being forced to travel to the Smoke alone helped Tally grow her independence from the city. When Tally said she would have the operation so Maddy could test out the pills since Shay didn’t want to be the test subject, it showed that she was taking responsibility for her actions because it was her fault that Shay had the operation. Tally changed from an immature Ugly to a beautiful girl who didn’t need an operation to feel

The story is based on her life, how she meets new friends, and about her journey to “The Smoke.” In the book she shows three main traits. She's very caring, she demonstrates this when she tells Shay to be careful on her trip to “The Smoke.” Tally also helps David look for his parents. Another value she shows is a bad example, she exhibits a non-trustworthy person because she tells Dr. Cable all about “The Smoke.” She is also not fair due to her giving up “The Smoke,” that wasn't fair because other people lived there and they deserved to be happy, even though she did it by accident. Those are the main traits that she

“Pretties” is the second book in the “Uglies” series written by Scott Westerfeld. The book starts back off when Tally, the main character, has just had the operation to turn pretty. She has a party to go to and must pick out her costume. She decided to go as a Smokie because she had to look “Bubbly” enough to get into the Crims. The Crims where a clique in New Pretty Town, they were the kids who pulled tricks and pulled stunts. After her and Shay, Shay is her best friend, pick out their costumes they go to the party. At the party Tally saw someone who she thought she recognized. The person she saw was Croy from the Smoke. He gave her instructions to follow. After her encounter she goes back to the party and the leader Zane, accepts her into

In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, Equality-72521 stands out from the rest. Smarter, taller, and an urge to discover and explore set him apart from his brothers and sisters. This individuality drives him forward and influences his growth throughout the book as he discovers secrets long lost and realizes the flaws in his society.

Tally must figure herself out before she undergoes surgery at the age of sixteen to become “pretty”: or what is so called pretty. Tally and Peris are the best of friends, but when Peris becomes pretty, Tally is left to figure out how to survive without anyone to talk to. A wait of three months until Tally finally would get the surgery to become pretty. Throughout this wait, Tally meets a girl named Shay while sneaking out to New Pretty Town, where

While Tally was still under the commands of her society she declared “Tall Youngblood [is] a weed” (Westerfield 244). The connotation of the word weed illustrates that according to society’s idea of beauty, Tally was ugly and unwanted. Additionally Tally refers to herself in third person which allows her to view herself as not a person and more as a “weed”. In contrast once she escapes from society she proclaims that “I am beautiful” (Westerfield 283). The author’s choice to have Tally say “I” exemplifies her individuality.

The title Odd Ball fits to this book for many reasons and could be debated. My side is most definitely affirmative. Odd Ball is a great name for this book the reason is that these facts are all odd in baseball’s past. Having a 3 foot 7 batter bat who never played baseball before and just jumps out of cakes is weird and odd. Tell me getting stuck in a doghouse during a baseball game is not odd!

Theme: The theme that is showed throughout chapters 1 to 6 is that of love, which is developed effectively as the book continues. There is a lot of indirect love mention, such as the caring love that Janie receives from her grandmother. As the plot advances Janie begins her search for love, first by marrying Logan Killicks. As she spends time with Logan, she comes to the conclusion that she doesn’t love him.

When writing the book Uglies, the author, Scott Westerfeld, used a sufficient amount of details to emphasize the differences in social classes and how each class is distinctly separated. By labeling the citizens in the colonies, Westerfeld was able to show how each class was viewed. The novel follows a character named Tally, who is a teenager living in a time set ahead of our own. In this community there are different stages a person goes through while growing up. All citizens first start out as "littlies," or kids younger than twelve. Once over twelve the kids move to their own town, called Uglyville, away from their parents and are

Don't let your father know that I told you [about your forgotten aunt]. He denies her. Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could happen to you. Don't humiliate us. You wouldn't like to be forgotten as if you had never been born.

They do not grow wise. They grow careful."(261). Hemingway seems to use the character of the Count for several purposes. The Count is a man on the cusp of death. He shows that though the body may get old and die, the spirit still lives on strong. Yet he also refutes the notion that age is wisdom. The Count is just another example of a man dealing with death, he also seems to be a vision of what Frederic will become in the future.

Count treated his wife as a beautiful woman throughout the story. He was least concerned about her feelings and emotional requirements. It was clear on many occasions. First, in the beginning when Countess was very angry with her husband even at that situation Count found her very beautiful. He did not try to find out why his wife is upset. Even in the end when Countess revealed that she has never been unfaithful to him, he immediately starts feeling the same without the least concern about the fact that what made his religious wife to lie even at the altar of Christ. Thus proving that for a man, it is lust that is of utmost importance in their relationship with woman. Noble emotions are used as facades to dignify their ignoble