Uglies

Tally, the main character in the book “Uglies”, shows many changes in character or thought throughout the book. “Uglies” was written by Scott Westerfeld, a New York Times Bestselling Author. In Uglies, Westerfeld shows the reader how Tally’s character changes when Peris visits her in Uglyville, when Tally finds out David grew up in the Smoke, and when Tally visits David’s parents’ house. The first time a change of character in Tally is noticed is when she finds out who she trusts, and commits to

In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the author believes that betraying your friends after making a promise only leads to disaster. In the beginning of the book, the main character Tally and her best friend Shay live in a city where everyone is given an operation to turn “pretty” at the age of 16 . Shay and Tally have a strong relationship and hoverboarding is one of the main links between the two. But when Shay tells Tally that she is leaving because she doesn’t want to turn pretty, Tally refuses

In the story, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the main conflict and resolution of the novel was the following: Tally was not going to be pretty until she turned her friends in and the resolution is that Tally becomes pretty after the Smoke gets destroyed. As Westerfeld states, “‘Then I’ll make you promise too, Tally Youngblood. Until you do help us, to the very best of your ability, you will never be pretty.’ Dr. Cable turned away. ‘You can die ugly, for all I care.’” (Westerfeld 106). This proves the

In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, in it the first book in the series written by Scott. Other books in this series include, Pretties, Specials, and Extras. This book mainly takes place in Uglyville, where all the uglies live before they turn sixteen and become pretty. Tally, the main character, who is perseverant and indecisive, meets two other relevant characters in the story as well that are named Shay and David. The inciting incident that starts the conflict is when Shay runs away, in hopes

“Nature, at least, didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. It just was” (Westerfeld). Characters constantly change throughout stories as they develop new ways of seeing things. In Uglies, it displays the journey and development of a young fifteen year old 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

In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the character, Tally Youngblood, changes quite a bit. In the beginning of the book, all Tally wants to do is become pretty and join her best friend in New Pretty Town for endless partying, sleeping in, and being treated like Gods and Goddesses. However, when Dr. Cable from Special Circumstances sends Tally on a quest that puts Tally’s prettiness at stake, Tally uncovers a horrifying truth about turning pretty, and her perspective changes completely. She will

In the books, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld they have many similarities and differences. In Uglies, Tally is anxiously waiting to turn 16 so she can receive the operation to become “Pretty”, this operation turns you supermodel gorgeous and launches you into a high class paradise where all you have to do is have fun. Shay, Tally’s friend is not sure she wants to become pretty, Shay runs away to a secret town on the outside and Tally has the choice to find Shay and turn

Uglies takes place In the future, where it is summer. The sun is fading; the deep blue gaps of night are peering through like an ocean, bottomless and cold. Every summer was beautiful and enjoying, up to this one. No wonder it couldn’t be beautiful, when you lose a best friend, nothing is. Tally Youngblood was still an ugly. Three months and two days until she finally turns sixteen years old, goes off for the surgery, and becomes a pretty like her friend Peris. Since Tally isn’t a very patient girl

Brittany Wiegreff Professor Eichler English 102 B16 10/18/2011 Essay 2 The Ugly Duckling Analysis The tale of “The Ugly Duckling” has been told for many generations. It is the story of a little swan that is mistakenly hatched in a duck’s nest and because of his strange and different appearance he is teased and ridiculed. Even his mother can’t understand how this “ugly duckling” could be one of her own. The ugly duckling goes through many hardships and a long, lonely winter. Then upon seeing

a 15 year old girl living in a world where everyone was turned pretty by the time they were 16. Uglies is a science fiction novel written by Scott Westerfeld that will make you jump out of your seats with its twisting plot. Although being beautiful seems like a blessing to most people in their society, others would disagree. Those people would run away to communities like the Smoke where they stay ugly forever. One day Tally's newfound friend, Shay, disappears leaving only a puzzling note with directions