Tally

Uglies series. Within the trilogy the story follows Tally, a young girl who finds out what is truly happening in her society. In Tally’s futuristic city people undergo an operation on their sixteenth birthday to become a “Pretty” the operation alters their looks and their brains. During the operation a lesion is put in everyone’s brain to make them forget certain memories and stray from violence and conflict. In order to test a possible cure Tally gives herself up to become a “Pretty,” however…

society's beauty standards. In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Tally Youngblood thinks having supermodel looks are the key to life, but when realizing the hard truth, everything she believed became one big lie. A significant passage of the book occurs when “One new legend towered above all the rest. Maddy had decided that the brain lesions couldn’t be kept a secret anymore; every ugly had the right to know what the operation really entailed. Tally and the others spread the rumor among their city…

because you have to respect people's opinions even If you don't agree with it. On page 392-393 389, in the book Uglies, Maddy, David's Mother, is talking to Tally about giving Shay pills. "Yeah right. That's what Tally keeps telling me. But you don't understand. "Maddy shook her head. 'Only if she wants to be cured. These are experimental, Tally. We can't give them to someone against their will.' (It is difficult to understand what is going on in this quote. More introduction is needed.)…

transition is meant to reduce conflict by making everyone to better conform to certain beauty standards. Tally Youngblood cannot wait to reach her sixteenth birthday so that she can now become ‘Pretty’ and reunite with her friends. In every society, there are those people who are…

to know eachothers very well and others not so much. But for the ones people end up loving, they might lose. When they lose someone, it might feel as betray. This part of a theme shown through the Uglies series. The Uglies series is about a girl, Tally, trying to find herself and become pretty while other’s influence her ideas and friends. These influences make her manipulate, betray, and love lots of new people she meets along the way. The theme shown is with greater love, there is greater…

However, throughout the book, it becomes obvious that sometimes, cleverness is a greater asset than looks. As the scene of the story is being set, it becomes apparent that Tally is a rule-breaker among uglies. She skips classes, goes into forbidden areas, and, most importantly, ‘tricks’ the cities technology using her wit. Because Tally lives in dull Uglyville, she longs to go to the excitement of New Pretty Town, where the Pretties party every day. However, she isn’t allowed to until she turns…

television show where he is just the director's puppet. On the other hand, Tally knows about the surgery that artificially/synthetically makes people 'pretty' and look alike, as well as that she is closely monitored. Even though both of them have conditioned fears, once they discover the realities of their worlds, they commit to confronting their fears. The author and director convey the message that it is better to face the ups…

Westerfeld, Tally Youngblood is a normal girl in a diverse society. When she is exposed to the truth, she becomes curious as to what lurks past her home. As people in her society age, they leave their individual civilizations separated from everyone else. From there they move to different, more advanced ones. At the age of 16 they go through a special treatment/surgery that advances them to New Pretty Town. When Tally meets Shay, they ultimately become close friends and before Tally turns 16 she…

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…

encourage her to stay on task, so when we noticed she was doing what was expected, she would get a tally mark. The paper was placed where she could see she was getting a tally mark, but other students were not aware. The first day’s data was used as a baseline. She received eight tally marks. The next day, I told “Sarah” she received eight tally marks yesterday, so that was her goal. If she got more than eight tally marks in a day, she could get a prize from the prize…