Tally

Uglyville, where all the uglies live before they turn sixteen and become pretty. Tally, the main character, who is perseverant and indecisive, meets two other relevant characters in the story as well that are named Shay and David. The inciting incident that starts the conflict is when Shay runs away, in hopes of Tally finding her and not getting the operation done. The overriding conflict, however, is whether Tally will choose to become pretty and lose her best friend or not become pretty and stay

Some of the citizens rebel and live in a city that they call “The Smoke”. They live there because they refuse to be turned pretty. The theme of The Uglies is something that looks good but may not necessarily be good; this is shown in the book because Tally wanted to be turned pretty but she learned that the surgery could affect her brain in a negative way so she ran away. Society today has outrageous views on beauty. The culture believes everyone should have perfect hair and looks etcetera. Part

certain group in order for someone to be accepted? In Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, fifteen-year-old, Tally Youngblood, feels isolated from a group of people because she is an “ugly”. She feels that in order to fit in she needs to have the ‘pretty’ surgery. Tally states, “Pretties do look different. They look like themselves. It's just a lot more subtle, because they're not all freaks (Westerfeld 82)." Tally had thought all her life that the only way to get attention from others is to become a “pretty”

Reading Time Struggles I think that Jessica should go back to the basics of building an independent classroom and students before splitting them into groups with any other adult leading them. Because there are other volunteers in the classroom the students are unable to actually be independent and do independent work, which is important for students to be able to do. After she builds this independent behavior for her class, having volunteers might be a bit easier and helpful in other ways. If the

compared on the use of character foils to indirectly characterize the main protagonist; character foils, a subtle, indirect characterization formed by comparison of characters, appears in the foil of Jane Eyre and Bertha Rochester and the foil of Tally Youngblood and Dr.Cable. In The Madwoman in the

fully aware of something as a fact.” Being able to realize the ultimate desires and goals in life is apart of each of the texts. In the book The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the story shows characters realizing objectives through point of view when Tally Youngblood is faced with the truth about getting an operation to become pretty. Likewise, in “The Third and Final Continent” by Jhumpa Lahiri, the message of realization is developed through symbolism of the narrator’s experience in a new world. The

“Bullshit you can’t see that,” Tally narrowed her eyes as she extended her index finger towards Satan’s nostril. The wind whipped through their campsite, blowing splinters of sand into her eyes. Forcing her to look away from the faint glow and brush the sand out with the sleeves of her sweatshirt. One the wind dispelled Josh looked in the direction of my finger, squinting as he nursed his beer. “There’s nothing there but rocks and dust T, as it’s always been. Maybe you caught your watch casting

accepted society through the perspective of protagonist Tally Youngblood. ¬Tally and Shay display conflicting perspectives towards the ‘pretties’ where Tally’s desire to join the community evident in a positive tone that is used when describing them such as “beautiful” is contrasted with Shay’s views of the society in “doing what you're supposed to do is always boring”, where a struggle between opposing views is illustrated through the two in which Tally shows a wish to be accepted while Shay instead only

When a knight is visualized, the first attribute that comes to mind is the shining armor. It’s strong, flashy, and apparent when seen, much like most of anyone’s strengths. What isn’t apparent, is the scars received over the years from weapons used against them that have penetrated their strong armor and slashed through their weak flesh. When training to become better one must identify their strengths, their armor, and most importantly their weaknesses. Only through a conscious effort will one turn

Tally Youngblood sat with Peris and Shay near a Café in New Pretty Town. Sipping their coffee and taking small bites out of their cookies, having fun on their own, not caring about the rest of the beautiful scenery or life around them. Just so relaxed. Ever since the operation they had been so arrogant. Not talking to David and the rest of the smokie crew. The pills didn't work, Maddie’s lesion removal didn’t work, so the uglies assumed something was up. Tally and Shay had left them over 4 years