Uglies Scott Westerfeld Character Analysis

Tally is keeping track of the months and days until she will become a pretty and be able to see her best friend Peris again.

Uglies illustrates many issues that young teenagers will go through in life. The reader has an insight of three main characters and their struggles to fit in to certain societies and others. They are Tally, Shay and David.

As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty, as we know it, is subjective to each individual. However, some individuals are primed to perceive beauty as deriving from physique, clothing, and accessories; neglecting more important traits such as honesty and kind-heartedness. Aaron Shephard portrays in his short story, “The Hidden One: A Native American Legend”, that neglecting such traits results in failure. Any woman who makes deceitful attempts at proving they’re capable of seeing the Great Hunter is cast away. Little Scarface’s unpleasant older sister would “hold[] her down and burn[] her arms and face with sticks from the fire” (Shepard 1) and lie to their father about it. She claimed to see the Hunter and lied about that as well. The mistreated little girl is stripped of having appealing clothing and, what some may consider, a beautiful face; yet, only with her pure soul intact, she ultimately succeeds. The image of beauty the author is attempting to paint for you is that physical appearance only gets you to the door; the Hidden One, symbolized as the prize, is obtained with a “good heart”, free from “jealous[y] and cruel[ty]”.

There are two types of Americans that are portrayed in The Ugly American. The two types of Americans portrayed in The Ugly American are the ethnocentric Americans, who believe that their ways are superior to all others, and don’t really care about stopping the spread of communism; and then there are the kind hearted Americans, who truly care about defeating communism. Through multiple characters we learn how these two types of Americans think and how they represent not only themselves, but their country.

“In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly”(Scott Westerfeld). In the future, everyone is considered ugly and live in imperfect Uglyville, until they turn 16. The magical age where you get The Operation. The Operation that turns you pretty, lets you live in perfect Pretty Town, and is considered the most important thing in life. In the novel Uglies, written by Scott Westerfeld, he features the dystopian archetypes of a dehumanized state and conformity showing the result of everyone looking and acting the same way so the government can control them and maintain a position of high anarchy.

does not think of herself as pretty, but in fact she believes that she is ugly

By Tally quickly turning down the idea of not being pretty, shows how strong-minded and determined she is to get the operation. Even if it means losing her new best friend and missing out on a life adventure, Tally is determined not to miss her beauty surgery. Why is she so set on being pretty? Because if she is not, her society will be there to critic her appearance. “. .

No one really looks at your personality if your an ugly. The only think they look at is your face. " Don't judge a book by it's cover" is completely forgot in the real world and in this book. During the reading of "Uglies", I have noticed that their is two themes.

In addition the uglies forget about who they were before they became beautiful. In the novel, Tally asks David a serious question about the world they live in, Tally states ‘“ Becoming pretty doesn’t just change the way you look.” she said. “No,” David says “It changes the way you think.”’ (Westerfeld 254)

In the fiction novel The Uglies, Tally Youngblood is a fifteen-year-old girl with a rebellious spirit who lives life on the edge of insanity. In The Uglies, Scott Westerfield uses conflict to reveal how Tally’s perspective of the Smoke and New Pretty Town has changed over the course of the story. This story gives its reader a strong insight into some of life’s adventures and the drama that comes along with growing up, as well as the operation you get when you turn 16 years old.

This is shown in the story when it states “Shay, I never would have gotten used to the idea. I don’t want to be ugly all my life. I want those perfect lips, and for everyone to took al me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me to think Who’s that?” (89). Right now, Tally is hung up on the being pretty and the idea that being pretty is better than ugly. She doesn’t want to follow Shay, who is running away, because she is basing her decision off of the appearance of pretties vs. herself, an ugly. But, later on in the story, Tally’s mindset changes. “She clutched the pendant, squeezing the undenying metal until her muscles, as if forcing into her own mind the almost unthinkable fact that she might really remain an ugly for life. But somehow not ugly al all. She opened her hand and threw the necklace into the center of the fire”(267). This shows how Tally has learned not to judge people and her decisions based on appearances because she doesn’t mind staying ugly for life because she doesn’t even think she is that ugly anymore. Also, she burned the pendant that Dr. Cable gave her showing that she wants to leave the pretty life completely

In life, making decisions isn’t easy. We make them every single day. Which shirt are you going to wear? What do you want for lunch? How are you going to respond to this text? But, for some people, they have bigger decisions to make, such as picking a college or choosing to get married. In the book Little Monsters by Kara Thomas, Bailey and Jade have always been best friends. But, when Kacey moves into town, the 3 of them easily became a group. One morning, Bailey was said to be missing. Nobody knew if she ran away, was kidnapped, or just staying at a friends house, which made everyone unsure of what happened to her. The book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is very similar to Little Monsters. In this dystopian society, everyone has a label. When you turn 16, you go under the knife to transform any ugly features on yourself into a perfect figure. Once you turn pretty, you live a luxurious life where your only job is to have fun. Tally is about to turn 16 and she is more than beyond excited to start her new life filled with exciting moments. Along the way, she meets a girl named Shay. But, she quickly finds out that Shay is very different and has other thoughts about this choice- she doesn’t want to become pretty. Later on in the story, Tally learns the other side that was hidden and changes her aspect on life as an ugly. In both of these books, someone goes missing, but only one of them makes it out alive.

Being pretty is a strange thing; some love you, and others will despise you. Being ugly is an even stranger thing; most days you probably go unnoticed. Many people may like the privacy of being ugly and do not mind being ugly. Tally Youngblood, from the novel Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, is definitely not okay with being ugly. She will do anything to be pretty, even betray her friends. “‘But I can’t help them,’ Tally said. ‘I promised Shay I wouldn't tell her plans’” (Westerfeld 113). Once she finds out the truth, will she change her mind or regret her decisions?

Tally Youngblood can’t wait till she turns sixteen in three months. When she does, she will receive a life changing surgery transforming her into a pretty. Tally would then reunite with her best friend, Peris, in New Pretty Town. In the meantime, she decides to meet Peris earlier than planned. When Tally finally finds Peris in a party tower, it seems as though Peris’s personality had vanished. He appeared annoyed, wishing she had visited when she was a pretty. As Tally was leaving to Uglyville, she found another Ugly named Shay hiding inside the Pleasure Garden. They soon became best friends as Shay taught Tally how to hoverboard and eventually visited the Rusty Ruins alone. At the Rusty Ruins, Shay wanted Tally to meet the mysterious David

One of the biggest insecurities for Orual, is her ugliness. The King, her father, shows no shame when it comes to telling her how ugly she is. On page 26 of the book, when telling Orual and the Fox they must keep Redival with them at all times he says to Orual, “And you, goblin daughter, do what you’re good for, you’d best. Name of Ungit! If you with that face can’t frighten the men away, it’s a wonder” (Lewis 2012). Growing up with the constant remarks of being ugly, one might seek resentment towards those who are beautiful, especially, when one’s sibling is getting all the attention for how beautiful she is. When her sister Istra, or Psyche, is born, she sees a difference in the way that people treat her and how they treat Psyche. “Orual