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    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? In Tally’s eyes, being a pretty is the only important thing in her life. She is counting down the days until her 16th

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    The Uglies is a book where a 16 year old girl named Tally has a big adventure and discovers that being pretty is not what it seems. It takes place in the distant future and could actually happen if you do not play your cards right. In Uglies Tally’s character changes when she arrives at the Smoke, meets David, and sees Shay again. In Uglies Tally’s character changes when she fell in love with David and lost Shay as her friend when David gave her the gloves and she liked him even more: “I got

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    Tally Thai is located at the heart of Pensacola street and will satisfy any person who craves Thai food in the comfort of their city. Along with the fresh seafood for sushi, Tally Thai has a vest menu of items, with everything from tasty noodles to miso soup and ginger salad. As an individual who barely eats sushi, or food from Thailand in general, my roommates recommended that we eat at Tally Thai for this assignment. The menu, like most traditional places, is organized to easily understand. Beginning

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    novel Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, where Tally Youngblood lives, if she does not look ‘Pretty’, society will judge her on based on her appearance. To overcome this obstacle, Tally uses determination at first, followed by loyalty. Tally Youngblood demonstrates determination at the beginning of the novel. “Shay grasped Tally’s hand, and waited until their eyes locked. ‘I want you to come, Tally.’ ‘No,’ Tally said without thinking.” (Westerfeld 88). Tally knows that if she goes away with Shay

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    amount of people, it was even worse in the world of Tally Youngblood from Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. In the future time that she lives in, Tally, and all other people, not only thought of themselves as ugly but, were told that they were ugly. Every person was forced to become pretty through surgery at the age of sixteen and were treated differently until then. Throughout the story, Tally is doing things to change her world or how her life is. Tally made many difficult decisions during the course of

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    The Effect of a Schema on Memory Psychology MSc, University of Hertfordshire Abstract Schema Theory is a principle in which cognitive processes are influenced by social and cultural factors. According to schema theory the knowledge we have stored in our memory is reorganised into a set of schemas which is based upon our general knowledge and our previous experience. Experiments have proved that despite seeing and interacting with an object almost every day, our ability to remember said object

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    American choreographer who paved the way for other African American choreographers to take a stand and they did so by making their choreography coincide with the current social and political issues racism and inequality being the major one. In the 1960s Tally Beatty and Alvin Ailey took a leap into negro themes as their way of taking a stand against all of the social issued that were going on at the time. Riots and civil unrest were the norm at the time and these people felt the need to take it back to

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    all night. That was the life Tally was suppose to live. The whole concept of the operation was that once someone turns sixteen life becomes perfect. Tally’s trip to the Smoke was suppose to be easy once she arrived at her destination. In the end, it turned into something Tally could have never imagined. Tally’s personality had changed without the operation. In Scott Westerfeld’s book Uglies, Tally learns even the simple things in life can end up being complex. If Tally would have had the operation

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    This morning began with a lecture by Nathan Pelsor of the Tally Eye Institute. Nathan spoke about careers in eye care. According to Nathan, there are three main professions in the eye care field. The first of the three is an Optician. This is the individual who fits glasses and contacts on to patients. The next career is an Optometrist. Optometrists are the eye care professionals who conduct eye exams and write prescriptions. The final profession that Nathan talked about was an Opthamologist. Opthamologists

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    outlawed city of Uglies. Tally met David and ended up falling in love with him even though she was not supposed to because it was a Utopia. Also, Tally use to think that everyone, including herself was really ugly, but as time progressed she began to think that everyone was normal. She changed throughout the book going against the “Perfect Utopia.” Tally starts out being a person who follows all the rules, to a person who escapes from the “Perfect Utopia” to an outlawed city. Tally believes in the beginning

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