Blog Post #52

If you were Tally, would you ask the warden to make you pretty?

If I were Tally I would have the warden turn me pretty because she thinks she can fix things by doing that.

Blog Post #51

Tally has finally come clean. Do you think she will regret it? Do you think David will change his mind about her?

I don't think she will regret it and I don't think David will change his mind about her because he didn't really even believe her at first when she told him that she was the cause of all of these problems.

Blog Post #50

Should Maddy have forced Shay to take the cure? Why or why not?

I don't think so because she would't have wanted to and it hasn't been tested.

Blog Post #49

If you were Shay, would you get the cure? Why or why not?

If I were Shay I don't think I would take the cure because when she gets cured she will just go back to hating Tally and no one has tested the cure medicine, so it might not even work.

Blog Post #48

Respond to the following quote from the chapter...what does it mean to you? "Talle thought of the lesions on Shay's brain, the tiny cancers or wounds or whatever they are that she didn't even know she had. They were in there somewhere changing her friend's thoughts, warping her feelings, gnawing at the roots of who she was."

I think it means that since the lesions operation were changing the way she thought and who she was.

Blog Post #47

Give a chronological list of important events in the chapter. What's the kicker at the end of the chapter?

• Tally and David knock Dr. Cable out.
• They rescue the smokies from Special Circumstances.
• They escape through the roofs on their hoverboards, to get away.
  
• The kicker is that Maddie tells David his father is dead.

Blog Post #46

Is this quote a play on words, or does it have a deeper meaning to the story? "Radiology. Neurology. Magnetic Imaging," she read softly. "Operating Theatre Two."

I think it has a deeper meaning to the story because it sounds like thats what you go through in the operating rooms.

What labels do Tally and David find in the Special Circumstances building? Give a brief description of what you think each means.

Radiology: The rooms where the radio waves for the operation are stored.

Neurology: The room where they study the science of the nerves and how to fix the face.

Magnetic Imaging: The room where they take a picture of the current face and add the changes to it from the neurology to see what the yperson will look like.

Operating Theatre Two: The room where the surgery occurs.

Describe Shay's appearance at the end of the chapter using textual evidence>

"Shay was tall and elegant. Her eyes were copper, gold, deep, and soulful. And had every perfect feature. Shay was pretty."

Blog Post #45

In this chapter a few Uglies go to New Pretty Town to do a "trick." They make the words "THE SMOKE LIVES" with sparklers. If you had ONE chance to post a message important to you, what would it be and why?

My one message would be that percussion is beast.

Blog Post #44

The Uglies that met in this chapter are similar to Tally at the beginning of the book. When you compare her to these Uglies, how has Tally changed and what has made her change?

Tally has changed now because she isn't afraid of adventure anymore and she doesn't care about being pretty as much as she used to. I think David and his parents made her change partly.

Blog Post #43

Do you think Tally's plan will work? David wants to save his parents, but what's driving Tally? do you think she is crazy, or are her feelings valid?

I think Tally's plan will work because she seems so determined for it to. I think the thing that's driving Tally is either her guilt, or her will to get her friendship back with Shay. I think her feelings are valid because she likes David a lot, so she wants to help him.

Blog Post #42

How do David and Tally describe the Rusties? Is it accurate?

They say it it stupid and crazy, but that's not totally accurate

What are the weaknesses of our society?

The weaknesses of our society are money, violence, pollution, and the stock market.

What are the weaknesses of their society?

Their weakness was the oil plague.

Blog Post #41

Find information and a picture about a time we weren't prepared. Post the information and cite it.

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The Twin Towers: The attack in the World Trade center known as 9 11 was an unexpected death trap. On September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorists ran their plains into two tall standing structures know as the Twin Towers. This devastating event in which thousands lost their lives caused the United States military to move into Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Middle Eastern countries in the search for the plotter of the attack, Osama Bin Laden.

Blog Post #40

Describe the irony in Tally's "victory" over Dr. Cable. What was lost in the process?

The ironic thing is that tally thinks that she she has won or accomplished something that Dr. Cable hasn't. She has lost some of her friends in the process.

Blog Post #39

Is David right? Is Tally amazing? Do you think she should be feeling guilty? Why or why not?

I don't think Tally is amazing. She has made some big mistakes and so yes I think she should be feeling guilty.

Blog Post #38

Who is the voice in the dark? Do you think it will be a friend or enemy to Tally? What do you think Tally will do now?

I think the voice is David. He is a friend right now, but its possible that he could turn into an enemy later on. I think Tally will tell David the predicament she is in right now.

Blog Post #36

Tally had changed her mind about the smoke and the operation, but what will she about all that now? Whose side is she on?


I think Tally is on the smoke's side. Little did she know that throwing the ring into the fire would call Special Circumstances to the scene. She is now in love with David and I don't think she wants to give that up by turning pretty.

Blog Post #37

Explain what self preservation means to you. Is it the most important thing? Would you lie because of it?

To me, self preservation means taking care of yourself so that no harm or destruction is done. It is one of the most important things because you need to keep yourself out of harm and danger at all times. I would not lie about it because no one would like a liar.

Blog Post #35

Is this the climax of the story? Explain why or why you don't think so in a few sentences.

Yes, I think this is the climax of the story because Special Circumstances has just arrived. It has been building up in the whole entire story until this point.

Blog Post #34

Read the following quote David says to Tally. "What you do, the way you think makes you beautiful." Name one person in you personal home life and one in your academic life (you may leave them nameless if you wish)... What makes this person beautiful?

Academic: This person has always been there for me and I am still there for her, even though we are not together anymore. She is just an amazing person in every way.

Personal: This person, one of my parents closest friends, is one of the nicest and most caring people I've ever met.

Blog Post #33

Respond to the following quote, what does it mean to you/to the story? "Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look... it changes the way you think." How would you want to change mentally and physically if you were pretty?

It means that when you become pretty, you get good looks, but you get a new way of thinking. The only things I would really want to change would be to make me a whole lot better at math, and make me tolerant of getting up early.

Blog Post #32

What does the following quote tell you about the city and society in general? "But you do know about genetics don't you? Sure I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. But parents and children? That's just weird."

This tells me that it's not common for parents and children to look alike. Also, the city changes people so much that they aren't even recognizable anymore.

Predict what you think being "pretty" is.

I think being pretty is getting good looks, but loosing your own way of thinking.

Blog Post #31

Find an example of imagery, personification, simile. Quote directly and give page numbers.

Imagery: "In the valley below, the orchids glowed with pale malevolence in the moonlight, a frozen sea against the dark shore of the forest." Pg. 245

Personification: "Tally looked away, trying to drown her in uncanny pretty feelings in the sea of white weeds." Pg. 245

Simile: "He took the world more seriously than any ugly she'd ever met- more seriously, in fact, than middle pretties like her parents." Pg. 246

Does it require bravery to meet David's parents? Why or why not?

Yes it does require bravery because she has never met them before and she doesn't really know what they are going to be like.

Blog Post #30

Do you think Shay has a right to be jealous of Tally? Why or why not?

I think she does have a right to be jealous because shay was with David first and he gave Tally a gift that he could have given her.

Tally received a gift from David in the chapter that is special. Have you ever received something that made others jealous as this gift did? Did your gift have a meaning behind it as Tally's did?

Yes. For my thirteenth birthday, my cousin, who lives in California, sent me these really cool electronic drum sticks that you can play to with your i-pod by just drumming in the air. One of my friends came over that day and even though he didn't really say anything, I could tell he was jealous of it and wanted it. These were special because she sent them to me from California and they were very cool.

Blog Post #29

Why would it have been easier for Tally to activate the pendant when she got to the smoke? Explain.

I think it would have been easier to activate it because Tally wouldn't be feeling so guilty if she had.

"She wished she'd activated the pendant the moment she'd gotten there. In only one day she'd realized that it wasn't just Shay's dream she was betraying. Hundreds of people had made life in the "smoke." Pg.#225

Blog Post #28

If David's parents were doctors, why do you think they ran away? Support your answer with textual evidence.

I think they ran away because they either wanted to try to find "smoke", so that they could live there.

"They are doctors." "Huh. But...hang on. Doctors? How old were they when they ran away?" "Old enough. They weren't uglies anymore. I think its called being a middle pretty?"

Blog Post #27

The beautiful thing about it is that its reflection shines and sparkles on the surrounding water. There is nothing ugly about it.

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