Uglies Westerfeld Analysis

Three hundred years from now, one girl by the name of Tally must decide from being surgically beautiful, and living the rest of her life being ugly but with her friend. In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Tally begins as a 15-year-old girl who eagerly awaits her 16th birthday where she will turn pretty. On the day of her “Sweet 16”, the Special Circumstances people pick her up rather than the doctors. Everybody receives the surgery in which doctors basically cosmetically reconstruct him or her on their 16th birthday. Some people, however, run away to “The Smoke” where nobody is pretty and they live just like normal human beings. This journal will consist of Tally’s search for comfort and reassurance, friendship, and her search for the physical
She was always comforted by her fathers Middle Pretty structure and overall look. She firmly believes that all Middle Pretties have the answers to everything, are the wisest people, and always know what to do. She noticed her fathers reassuring glare break for a split second after she told him she was considering going to the smoke with Shay never becoming pretty rather than being pretty and ruining the lives of all citizens of the smoke. Her parents obviously wanted their daughter to be normal as are the rest of the citizens of their home city. They didn’t want to be known as “The Parents Who’s Daughter Ran Away to Live in the Wilderness.” Tally has not yet made a decision whether or not to stay in the Smoke or return to the city after she sells out everybody and the location of the
Tally decides to “rat out” her friend. She departs 3 days after her 16th birthday and must arrive fast enough so nobody becomes suspicious that she arrived late and is still an “Ugly”.The directions are based off of she and Shay’s experiences together. It is sort of written in code. The officials from Special Circumstances loaned Tally one of their hoverboards that are capable of flying much faster than any board that any other person has so she can make good time travelling to the Smoke. Tally has to make a few educated guesses along the way and ends up choosing the correct route all the way to the meeting area where Shay and David, the ‘mayor’ of the Smoke, will lead her the rest of the way to civilization.
Tally had many searches throughout the plot of this book. Her search for friends, comfort and reassurance, and The Smoke are only a few on the list. She is in quite the predicament between betraying her new best friend and never turning pretty. I have not read far enough ahead to be able to write about what she chooses, but it is beginning to look like she will choose staying in the smoke with Shay and being ugly