In today’s society, teenagers are thought to be lazy and unmotivated. However, that is not the truth. There are many examples that represent grit and determination by characters in the book Uglies, such as Tally Youngblood. Uglies is a dystopian type novel set in the future, written by Scott Westerfeld. It features a sixteen year old girl, named Tally Youngblood. Tally, had lived in a society where the majority of the people had cosmetic surgery to enhance beauty when they reach sixteen-years-of-age. So when Special Circumstances seized her only opportunity of undergoing surgery, she reluctantly agreed to navigate through the barren land to find Smoke. Throughout her journey and her brief life living in the new settlement, many difficult decisions
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On her expedition to find the rumored colony, Tally had to overcome many hardships. After meeting the Smokies, she revealed to Shay, David, and all of their friends about her intense last couple days, “Anyway, I was in the river, and I’d never even seen a helicopter--except for the day before--and this thing came thundering out of the smoke, driving the fire toward me (206).” With this in mind, Tally had never once thought to abandon her mission to Smoke, even through calamity. She was very persistent to locate her best friend which will allow her to become a Pretty, especially since she had gone through days of travelling alone through fires and rough roads. As the result, readers can infer about the strong will the protagonist has acquired for her to achieve her prime goal. Moreover, Tally is very persistent with maintaining her relationship with Shay even after all of the traumatic events. After regrouping and recruiting people for Smoke, she told David, “Yeah, I’ve done a lot for her….. I’m the reason she’s like this, pretty and brainless (417).” As a matter of fact, Tally could not abandon Shay and leave her as a Pretty. She is willing to do anything to turn her back into an Ugly. Owing to her feeling a sense of remorse, provided that her close friend is a brainwashed human without personality who’s sole source of entertainment is partying in the towers. …show more content…
For instance, she sacrifices her freedom of expression for the Special Circumstances to turn her beautiful. At the end of the book, she proclaims to the government officials, “I’m Tally Youngblood, she said. Make me pretty (425).” After the inconvenience of fleeing from the Special Circumstances, Tally decides to turn herself in. She commits selfless acts and was inclined to be a test subject for the cure of the brain lesions, caused by the medical procedure. Even though she is fully aware of all the consequences of her decision, she nonetheless disregards all of her peers’ warnings and continues with her choice.Therefore, when the dark side effects of the pretty surgery were eventually revealed to her, she wanted to validate her compassion for David by giving up her precious necklace. So, “she opened her hand and threw the necklace into the center of the fire (281).” As follows, she established a great deal of courage by believing in her own choices and choosing her own correct path, indifferent to the consequences. So, it was a burdensome decision for her to make, but eventually, she prevails with her final judgement. As a result, determination and bravery were demonstrated multiple times by the main character in the book
On her expedition to find the rumored colony, Tally had to overcome many hardships. After meeting the Smokies, she revealed to Shay, David, and all of their friends about her intense last couple days, “Anyway, I was in the river, and I’d never even seen a helicopter--except for the day before--and this thing came thundering out of the smoke, driving the fire toward me (206).” With this in mind, Tally had never once thought to abandon her mission to Smoke, even through calamity. She was very persistent to locate her best friend which will allow her to become a Pretty, especially since she had gone through days of travelling alone through fires and rough roads. As the result, readers can infer about the strong will the protagonist has acquired for her to achieve her prime goal. Moreover, Tally is very persistent with maintaining her relationship with Shay even after all of the traumatic events. After regrouping and recruiting people for Smoke, she told David, “Yeah, I’ve done a lot for her….. I’m the reason she’s like this, pretty and brainless (417).” As a matter of fact, Tally could not abandon Shay and leave her as a Pretty. She is willing to do anything to turn her back into an Ugly. Owing to her feeling a sense of remorse, provided that her close friend is a brainwashed human without personality who’s sole source of entertainment is partying in the towers. …show more content…
For instance, she sacrifices her freedom of expression for the Special Circumstances to turn her beautiful. At the end of the book, she proclaims to the government officials, “I’m Tally Youngblood, she said. Make me pretty (425).” After the inconvenience of fleeing from the Special Circumstances, Tally decides to turn herself in. She commits selfless acts and was inclined to be a test subject for the cure of the brain lesions, caused by the medical procedure. Even though she is fully aware of all the consequences of her decision, she nonetheless disregards all of her peers’ warnings and continues with her choice.Therefore, when the dark side effects of the pretty surgery were eventually revealed to her, she wanted to validate her compassion for David by giving up her precious necklace. So, “she opened her hand and threw the necklace into the center of the fire (281).” As follows, she established a great deal of courage by believing in her own choices and choosing her own correct path, indifferent to the consequences. So, it was a burdensome decision for her to make, but eventually, she prevails with her final judgement. As a result, determination and bravery were demonstrated multiple times by the main character in the book