Tally

In Uglies, at age of sixteen, Tally Youngblood is struggling to speak up when she “couldn’t explain that she [has] come here as a spy, or David will never trust her again” (Westerfield 275). Tally is glad that nobody knows the truth temporarily because everyone is happy when the truth is not been told. But how many pressures would Tally feel if she decides to hide the truth for her entire life? She should speak up about the what had…

I. Attention-Getter: As early as the age of 5 I remember my parents taking me to my favorite place. As I walked in, I was overwhelmed by the smell of delicious food and the rows of free samples. I lugged my parents around with me and grabbed all the food I could- from chocolates to gummy snacks: I was in heaven. However, when I got older, my parents decided to try out a new but similar place. But the question remained: could it replace my favorite place? II. Thesis Statement: Costco vs Sam’s…

First off ask yourself, does Tally live in utopian or a dystopian world? Where Tally is soon to become a so called “pretty.” Unfortunately for her best friend shay doesn’t feel the same way. Never the less Tally finds a way to escape this dystopian world of hers, even if only for a moment. Throughout the text Tally reveals characteristics that assisted her best, in which were cunning, tolerance, and last but not least adventurous. To start, Tally’s wit can be compared to that of a con. For…

girl named Tally Youngblood. She starts off having her whole life planned out in front of her; however, she later begins thinking about what she really wants when she explores other parts of the world. Tally goes through major changes and learning experiences to gradually find herself as she explores the wild. She eventually comes to terms with reality and learns what normal should really be like. Tally Youngblood changed as the story went on for she initially wanted to become a Pretty…

Though Tally doesn’t accept responsibility earlier in the story, towards the end she realizes that she has no other choice. This very telling quote suggests that Tally’s truth will hurt the people she loves, but a lie will forever hurt them. However, it’s already too late, and her lie has caused so much damage in the process. David’s parents, Maddy and Az, worked on a way to control the lesions that Special Circumstances put into the new “pretties’” brains. However, Special Circumstances started…

Tally was not icy anymore and her emotions were a detriment to her focus which helped cause a war to break out. Tally still had emotions for Zane even though she was a special. She also knew she had to stop Dr. Cable’s plans in order to save the world. Tally’s emotions always seemed to put her in dangerous situations. Even though Dr. Cable turned Tally into a Special, she still felt her emotions guiding her through the events that occurred. Tally had her emotions because she still felt her hate…

Tally Youngblood, from the novel Pretties by Scott Westerfeld, just wants to be free. The city has been controlling her ever since she was a littlie and now Special Circumstances has an even tighter hold on her. They made her Pretty and put lesions in her brain so that she is always happy, and always does what she is told. Then something happens and she realizes that she needs to escape. To free herself from the power of the Specials. Tally’s struggle to free herself greatly affects herself, the…

Over the summer I read the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. This book is about a girl named Tally,she is an ugly. Tally has to go on a trip to a place called the smoke and betray one of her best friends to become pretty. On her trip Tally made new friends and also an emamy.In the end Tally learned to love the herself the way she was and no longer wanted to be pretty. Uglies are a group of people who society considers ugly. There are multiple different classes though. first there are littlies…

on the protagonist Tally and the antagonist Dr. Cable, who are citizens in a futuristic society that takes place 300 years from now in a city. In the second half of the novel, Tally finally reaches the Smoke. However, she does not call Dr. Cable to tell her she has arrived safely, instead she starts to like the Smoke. Tally throws her communicating device in the fire and instead of it demolishing, it activates releasing her location to Dr. Cable without her knowing. When Tally finds David at the…

Similar Differences In today’s society, adolescents are insecure and awkward, making them a staple for being “ugly and “out of place.” This ideology is captured in a riveting way in Scott Westerfeld’s novel Uglies. In the book, the main character, Tally Youngblood, is living in a society that suggests from the ages of 12 to 16, one is considered ugly and pretty much sent into exile until their sixteenth birthday, where an operation is performed to make them “pretty.” It sounds a bit…