Tally is an exceptional character from the book Uglies who captivates everyone's attention with her bold personality. Dr. Cable manipulated her by making her go to Smoke all alone, which was an action of a risk taker. In addition, she accomplished many actions that took true courage while she was running away from Special Circumstances during the Smoke invasion. Along with these positive qualities, Tally is a determined girl who will get what she wants when she puts her mind to it. From all the characters from the book, Tally certainly stand outs from the rest because of her exemplary ways. To start with, Tally was manipulated, lied to, and she did everything that she was told, and in all the steps of the way she was a risk taker. She knew that the journey was going to be difficult (going to the Smoke), and that she had to risk her life to become pretty. Tally took that risk, and she went to the Smoke alone. She had never gone there before, yet that was the ultimatum to become pretty. Only someone that was dedicated to become pretty would take risks of such grand consequences. Tally was a risk taker because she didn't know if she was going to survive or if she would even become pretty when going to the Smoke, yet she did it and she put her life in risk. Not to mention, that she took these risks while being manipulated by Dr.Cable. Even though most of Tally's risks happened at the Smoke or at the journey those weren't the only times. David took major risks during the invasion of the Smoke, yet Tally took risks throughout the beginning middle and end of the story. During the whole book, Tally was taking adventures to the Rusty Ruins, New Pretty Town and she even went to the Smoke with only a piece of paper to help. On the other han... ... middle of paper ... ...come pretty deep in her heart, she wanted to be normal, she wanted to live with Peris and be happy for the rest of life, she was determined to make her wish come true. No matter what obstacles came in her way Tally never gave up during the trip to the Smoke. Tally was almost killed in a fire, she almost froze in a river, yet it didn't matter to her. She was determined that she was going to become pretty, and she didn't care what ordeals she had to go through. To conclude with, Tally was, in her unique way, an extraordinary character. She took unbelievable risks, she made courageous life threaten decision, and she was determined to make it all work throughout the book. Tally was one of the few characters in the book who made you feel pain, love, betrayal and many more emotions at once. Tally Youngblood was the shining star of the book Uglies, and it was well earned.
She sees her father old and suffering, his wife sent him out to get money through begging; and he rants on about how his daughters left him to basically rot and how they have not honored him nor do they show gratitude towards him for all that he has done for them (Chapter 21). She gives into her feelings of shame at leaving him to become the withered old man that he is and she takes him in believing that she must take care of him because no one else would; because it is his spirit and willpower burning inside of her. But soon she understands her mistake in letting her father back into he life. "[She] suddenly realized that [she] had come back to where [she] had started twenty years ago when [she] began [her] fight for freedom. But in [her] rebellious youth, [she] thought [she] could escape by running away. And now [she] realized that the shadow of the burden was always following [her], and [there she] stood face to face with it again (Chapter 21)." Though the many years apart had changed her, made her better, her father was still the same man. He still had the same thoughts and ways and that was not going to change even on his death bed; she had let herself back into contact with the tyrant that had ruled over her as a child, her life had made a complete
His physical appearance is unknown, however, he is scarred in the face and chest later in the book. One of the best quotes to describe John Grady is the quote, “John Grady smoked and watched them.” It reveals John Grady to be silent and observant of others. Another character in the story is Lacey Rawlins, a flat, static character. Rawlins is first revealed when he joins John Grady in his travels, as he is John Grady’s best friend and companion. He is 17 years old and can be described as loud, talkative, and having a cruel sense of humor. Like many characters in this novel, Rawlins’ physical appearance is not looked into. He is described as being tall and thin. It is shown how rude and loud Rawlins is in the quote, “Dumb little son of a bitch. You think that man in there dont know what you are? He knew what you were fore he ever set eyes on you. Before you were born. Damn you to hell. Just damn you to hell.” He attacks Blevins with words, like he does so many times before. Jimmy Blevins is another character in the story. He is around 13 to 14 years old, but says he is 16. He is a static and flat character and his personality makes him a troublemaker, foolish, and a liar. He is described with having pale skin and having bib overalls and a
The book had a few characters that I liked, but a lot of characters that I disliked. For example Yasmine was a character that I disliked. I didn’t like her because she brought pain to Paige’s life. Yasmine and Paige were best friends for months in Sixth grade. They were constantly doing fun activities together, like having sleepovers or planning each other’s birthday parties, but all that was ruined by a mistake Yasmine made. Paige and Yasmine were at a school dance, when
...through and seen as a child, she really overcame the battles of the community as an artist gathering bits and pieces of memories from the trash just to make something out of it. But, to Saar it meant the world to her to have that doll that was repaired for her on Christmas. She really didn’t see it trash but as treasure in her eyes.
When Tally starts to talk more with Shay she starts to reconsider what normal really is. In the first part of the book she want to become a pretty and have a normal life like everyone else. But after a while she starts to change her mind and she is trying to avoid have plastic surgery. She is a really adventurous person and like to have a lot of fun. She falls in love with David and they save the smokes together.
woman she once knew. Both women only see the figure they imagine to be as the setting shows us this, in the end making them believe there is freedom through perseverance but ends in only despair.
...o Skeeter as well. The community comes together to support her and would do anything for the book. They are willing to lose their jobs over it because that feel that Miss Skeeter did so much for them, not just by giving them money from the proceeds of the book but by allowing them to have a voice and speak out for how they were truly feeling. I feel that in the beginning Skeeter may have felt bad about writing the book and may have had some doubts about what she was doing but in the end her alliance changes and she found what she really wanted to do and who she really wanted to be, it even cost her a relationship but she stayed true to who she wanted to be. This book was very inspiring to me, it helped me remember that we are all different and that’s ok, we need to learn to appreciate those differences in others if we want to be appreciated too. What a great story.
influence all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can
Minny is an African American maid in Jackson, Mississippi, who is sassy and doesn't take a lot of attitude from Miss Hilly or other white women. Different than the rest of the people, white or black in The Help, Minny doesn’t think about consequences if someone messes with her. She struggles with her life from time to time, but Aibileen is always there to help her. Minny shows she has a kind heart too, by making a sacrifice to help her friends and family.
While showing how brave and unselfish she was, she also showed that she was fragile and not as strong as she used to be. “A black dog with a lolling tongue came up out of the weeds by the ditch. She was meditating, and not ready, and when he came at her she only hit him a little with her cane. Over she went in the ditch, like a little puff of milkweed.” Even though she hit the dog only a little, it caused her to fall into a ditch. At last there came a flicker and then a flame of comprehension across her face, and she spoke. "My grandson. It was my memory had left me. There I sat and forgot why I made my long trip." This shows how her mind went blank, causing her to forget why she had made the journey.
“You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” (Twain, 181). In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain. Huck is a young boy in the 1840s; he runs away from home and floats down the Mississippi River. He meets a runaway slave named Jim and the two go on a series of adventures leading to Jim’s freedom. Throughout the novel, Huck slowly changes his views of racism. As Huck begins to have a change of heart, he gradually begins to decide between right and wrong. As a result, Huck faces moral dilemma of being between the world's prejudice that he learned growing up, and the lessons Jim has taught him throughout the story about the evils of racism. Huck’s struggles are revealed through the conflicts with his moral beliefs and cultural dilemmas. This is shown through his conflicts with himself, with other characters and society.
The attempts the women tries so to be in vain till the end when it over boils. The women set herself free in the only way she knew how. Sometimes when people are in tight situation, or when their goals are being blocked, they react even when it doesn’t make sense. The women reacted to being closed up and oppressed and, to her family, it didn’t make
“The surest way to lose your self-worth is by trying to find it through the eyes of others.” With these words, Becca Lee is claiming that the amount of self-worth one has should not be dependent upon the opinions of others. This same idea is conveyed in the novel, Uglies, the article “The Art of Resilience”, and the poem “If”. In the novel Uglies Scott Westerfeld tells the story of Tally, a sixteen year old girl, who learns to see her self-worth. Throughout the story, Tally struggles to separate her self-worth from the ideals imposed upon her by society. The article “The Art of Resilience” informs readers how resilience can assist a person who is struggling in life. The central idea is that adversity does not have to determine our fate. The
. This story embodies how the author saw her experiences that she had lived through.
After locking her self in the solitude of her bedroom she begins to recognize things that one would not think of after a loved one just passed away. " She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life (paragraph 5)." This is the point at witch she begins to deal with the grieving process, but also starts to realize the beauty of life. She begins to see that ...