Uglies Scott Westerfeld Essay

The book I read was Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The main character, Tally, changes greatly throughout the book. The story starts off with her sneaking into New Pretty Town, where all the new pretties stay after their surgery. She runs into another ugly there. Her name is Shay, but she doesn’t have the usual mindset that all uglies have. She doesn’t see why becoming a pretty is so wonderful. She just wants to stay who she is. Tally, on the other hand, has always wanted to become a pretty ever since she was a littlie. But, with her sixteenth birthday approaching she learns knew information that just might change her mind. We can see the evolution of Tally as she makes this journey to seek knowledge that can help her better understand the workings of her city. The journey starts when Shay leaves to go to the Smoke and leaves Tally a note with instructions on how to get there, if she decided to go. The Smoke was a place where people fled if they didn’t want to undergo the surgery to become pretty. This effects Tally because on the day of her sixteenth birthday she is brought to Special Circumstances and is told that she can’t be turned pretty until she leads them to the Smoke. This is the first major obstacle where we can see her change as a character. By being …show more content…
She did this after Special Circumstances showed up to the Smoke due to her destroying the pendant. When she threw it in the fire it gave off a signal to them. She then had to tell David and the rest of the Smokies what she had really came there for. She felt like she had betrayed them, especially David, so she decided to go to the city and turn herself in. This way she would become a pretty and be able to help Maddy test her cure for the lesions. All of these moments helped move the story along and drive the plot. They also engaged the reader more and makes you want to keep