Bllog Post #52

"Down River"



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


If I were Tally I would probably ask the warden to make me pretty because her best friend, Shay, has already changed and that's were she truly belongs. She has wanted it for so long, I think she should change.

Blog Post #51

"Confessions"

• 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 Tally will regret it because David should like Tally for who she really is. I don't think it would be fair if David just ditched Tally because she finally told the truth. I think David should still trust and like Tally.

Blog Post #50

" Hippocratic Oath"

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

Personally, i would have forced the cure, because I would have wanted that persons normal life back. I would never let my friend suffer with brain lesions, or anything like it.

Blog Post #49

"Night Alone"


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


If I were Shay I would get the cure, with no doubt. I mean, you could have the best of both worlds... Not having lesions, and still keeping your beauty. But, there is still a slim chance of something messing up.

Blog Post #48

"Get away"


"Tally thought of the lesions on Shay's brain, the tiny cancer 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 this quote is very sad. I think this, because Tally and Shay were good friends for so much of the book, and it ends up like this. I wish they were back to their normal selves again.

Blog Post #47

"Rescue"


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

• Tally finally realizes that Shay has turned pretty.
• Tally and David help other smokies get free, along with Davids parents, Maddy and Az.
• Everybody escapes in the elevator that leads to the roof.

• KICKER- David finds out that his dad, Az, had died.

Blog Post #46

"Inside"

• "Radiology. Neurology. Magnetic Imaging," she read softly."Operating Theatre Two."

I think this quote has a deeper meaning in the story. This quote more than likely is describing the torture rooms.

Radiology- A way to see the fixes in the body.
Neurology- The room that changes the whole nerve system in a body though a painful process.
Magnetic Imaging- The room that some how changes the face, and appearance up though magnets.
Operating theatre two- a torture room.


"She was tall and elegant, every feature perfection."

Blog Post #45

"Over the Edge"

• In this chapter a few uglies go to new pretty town to do a "trick." The 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 message would be "Be happy with what you have." The reason I picked this is because I hear people talking about things they don't have, and I never hear them talk about appreciating what they do have.

Blog Post #44

"Accomplices"

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

Tally has changed tremendously since the beginning. She has changed because she is very mature, and more adult-like or responsible. I think just the fact that she has been hanging around different people has changed her way of life.

Blog Post #43

"Familiar Sights"




I believe that Tally's plan will work because she has had future experience with jumping and getting away. I think the fact that she has now realized what she had done to the smoke it truly driving her. I don't think Tally is crazy, because she is doing what is right to her.

Blog Post #42

" Oil Plague"

• How do David and Tally describe the rusties? Is it accurate?

David and Tally describe the rusties as a psyco, crazy place, but the truth is there is crazy people everywhere. Some of the Rusties aren't crazy at all.

One of out weaknesses in our society is the financial crisis in our economy. The crisis started in the banking system and is hurting us pretty bad.

One of the major problems in the New Pretty Town society is they guaranty a great life but they manipulate your mind to make you think that.

Blog Post #41

"Maddy and Az"

Find information and a picture about a time we weren't prepared. (i.e. a natural disaster or attack). Post the information and cite it.

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S Gulf Coast on Aug. 29 2005, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing almost 1,800. When levees in New Orleans were breached, 80% of the city was submerged by the flooding. About 20% of its 500,000 citizens were trapped in the city without power, food or drinking water. Rescue efforts were so delayed and haphazard that many were stranded for days on rooftops and in attics before help arrived. The city became a toxic pool of sewage, chemicals, and corpses, and in the ensuing chaos, mayhem and looting became rampant- about 15% of the city's police force had simply walked off the job. The 20,000 people who made their way to the superdome, the city's emergency shelter found themselves crammed into sweltering and fetid conditions. At a second shelter, the convention center, evacuees were terrorized by roaming gangs and random gunfire. Relief workers, medical help, security forces, and essential supplies remained profoundly inadequate during the first critical days of the disaster. A year after Katrina, the population of New Orleans was less than half of what it was before the storm hit. Nearly half the city's hospitals remained shut and half its doctors had moved out of the area. Electricity was restored to just 60% of the city. Tens of thousands of working class African Americans, who were scattered around the country after the storm, were unable to return because neither housing nor jobs awaited them. Rebuilding efforts have been chaotic and slow- there is currently no master plan for rebuilding large-scale infrastructure. Still, more than a third of New Orleans homeowners whose houses were flooded have taken out building permits, providing a sign of hope: Slowly and painfully, the city is rebuilding itself.

Blog Post #40

"Ruin"

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

I think it is ironic that Tally felt accomplished because she was one of the few that hadn't been captured, even though she was truly the main reason Special Circumstances attacked.

Tally lost a great number of her friends from the smoke, that were captured by Dr. Cable.

Blog Post #39

"Is David right?"


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


Tally is one-hundred percent NOT amazing. I believe this because she let the whole Smoke down so she could become pretty. Tally should be very disappointed and guilty for what she did.

Blog Post #38

"Run"


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



I personally think the voice in the dark cave is David, because David also could have run to the cave to get away. I think Tally will be very happy, an kiss him.

Blog Post #37

"In case of Damage"

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

Preservation is keeping something safe. Preservation is probably the most important thing, because you need to be safe. I would lie because defiantly. For example, if someone was going to kill you and they said if you are from California I will let you live, I would say I am from California.

Blog Post #36

"The rabbit Pen"



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

At this point, Tally has known that she made the wrong decision about the smoke. Now, Tally is trying her absolute hardest to escape from the Special circumstances. Tally has made her final move, and has picked the Smokies.

Blog Post #35

"Invasion"



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

• I believe this chapter is by far the climax. I say this because this chapter is when Tally makes her final choice of the true path which she will go down. She could have either ran away from the special circumstances, or she could have retuned to New Pretty Town and become pretty. This was the most suspenceful part because she could have gone both ways.

Blog Post #34

"Burning bridges"


"What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."



Name one person in your personal (home) life and one in your academic life ( you may leave them nameless if you wish.).. What makes that person beautiful.

• Definitely, my brother. I say this because we have several things in common. we argue sometimes, but we get along alot more. With out him I would be bored ALOT! In my academic life, it would be Colin because we have been friends for a long time, and we relate in several ways... Mostly everything!

Blog Pist #33

"Pretty Minds"

"Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look, it changes the way you think."

• I believe that when you get the surgery, you change physically and mentally. In other words, they don't just change your appearance, they also change your thinks process.

How would you want to change physically and mentally if you were pretty? (Think... habits, intelligence, and physical attributes.)

• If I were able to change physically and mentally, I would want to be smarter than what I am. I really don't want to many changes, because that is what makes me, me. If I could change anything, I wouldn't be the same person any more.

Blog Post #32

"The secret"


" But you do know about genetics don't you? Sure I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked the same. But not parents and children? That's weird."

• I believe this shows how people in the city, such as Tally, don't usually see parent and son together. It shows that they normally only see brother, and sister by each other. I think this problem needs to be solved.

I think being pretty is what you become after the surgery.... Mean, spoiled, rude.

Blog Post #31

"Bravery"




Imagery- "Tally nodded, feeling the cold pendant against her neck and remembering her promise to Shay." pg. 245


Personification- "She thought of the orchids spreading across the the plains below, choking the life out of other plants,out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable." pg. 244


Simile- " Like walking poison, she killed everything." pg. 244




I don't think it requires bravery, because Tally should trust David for this. David wouldn't do it if it were to have a negative effect.

Blog Post #30

"Suspicion"


I believe that Shay definitely has the right to be jealous of Tally, because Tally stole David from Shay. I mean, if you were Shay ask yourself... Would you be jealous if someone came at random and took your boyfriend that you have know for years? Personally, I would be furious with Tally if I were in Shay's shoes.





For Christmas I got a very top of the line wakeboard, and everyone wanted to use it. It got very annoying, but thankfully it has stopped recently because wakeboard season hasn't started up yet, but I'm sure looking forward to wakeboard season!

Blog Post #29

"Hearththrob"



It would have been so much easier for Tally to have activated the pendant when she first got there because now, Tally has already been trusted by Shay and David. Also, If she would have activated the pendant earlier before she got used to the "Smoke" it would have been easier because she wouldn't have cared about the Smoke as much.

Blog Post #28

"David"


"How did they manage? Without any doctors, I mean." "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 that David's parents were having a great, and fun life, but obviously something happened because they ran away. I believe that something went terribly wrong in either a surgery or in their general lives. I say this because if you were to put yourself in their shoes, and you were making loads of money, why would you run?

Blog Post #27

"Work"

This picture of the skyline is very beautiful because it is very colorful and relaxing. I see nothing in this picture that is ugly.

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Blog Post #26

"The Model"

" Kind of professional pretty. I guess when everyone else is ugly, being pretty is sorf of, like, your job."

• Shays quote is a great description of a model, because it shows how models professionally dress up to be pretty. The reason anyone could tell that her description is a model is because it specifically says that is the persons job... BEING PRETTY!
  

• Tally and Shay think the way our generation(s) is crazy for some of the actions we do such as starving ourselves to look prettier, but actually it is somewhat normal for us. I believe Tally and Shay need to put more logic behind the way they imagine us.
  

Blog Post #25

"Lies"

Characterization for David:

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  He is an ugly


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  has a nice smile


• 
  
  his face had great confidence

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• This picture gives me an image of what I think the "Smoke" looks like. I chose this image because when Tally lands, it describes the white flowers, and the dust.

BLog Post #24

"Bug eyes"




List the important events of the chapter in chronological order.

1. Tally gets caught in the horrific fire
2. Rangers pick her up and save her from death
3. The rangers transport Tally to the smoke in their machine.
4. Tally starts her journey, once again to find Shay.

Respond to the following quote:

"... Tally was stuck out here in the wild forever. Ugly for life. her only way home was to betray her best friend."

• To me, this quote is very depressing. Tally put herself in a very difficult position. My opinion for Tally would be to keep searching for Shay. I believe it's to late to go back.

Blog Post #23

"Firestorm"

Give one example of each from the chapter:

• Imagery- " At first was a sound like a roaring wind in her dreams."
• Personification-"A noise thundered to life on Tally's left, unmistakable even above the roar of the fire."
• Simile-" Her footsteps ignited with flame as she ran through the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a slumbering fire."

Blog Post #22

"The side you despise"

What do you think the flying machine was? Who was in it? Make a prediction.

• I think the flying machine was a machine that protects the smoke, and rusty ruins general area. Inside the flying machine were most defiantly the firebug eye people/things because it mentions them in her key. I think the machine will be a very big conflict with her on her trip.

Blog Post #21

"The worst Mistakes"

• In my life time, I have done several things that I didn't want to do. The most memorable one was when I had to get on my sisters horse because my dad wanted me to ride horses with him. I have never been a fan of horses because they have done pretty harsh things to my family.

Predict what you think will happen next.

• I think after the machine messes with Tally, Tally will regroup to a new location and the random machine, so to speak, will follow her for some thing she did or has done.

Blog Post #20

"Spagbol"





Invent a dried food you would take with you on your journey if you were Tally. What would it be? how would you make it?

• If I were on a journey like Tally is, I would invent dried ribs. You would make it by putting the bone in boiling water, and the sauce would automatically form from the water.

If I were on a trip, I would miss the following:

• Swimming pool
• technology
• family
• bed
• Wakeboarding boat

Blog Post # 19

"Leaving"

Why do you think Tally ultimately decided to figure out where Shay is?

• I think Tally picked to find out where Shay is because she really didn't want to stay ugly. Also, she probably picked finding Shay over staying ugly because she wanted to be with Peris.

Blog Post #18

"Infiltrator"


Give a chronological of important events that happened in the chapter.

1. Tally decided she wanted to go hoverboarding to pass the time and got scratched by the trees.
2. When Tally was done she went back to her dorm because she was exhausted.
3. When she arrived Peris, her pretty friend, was waiting to talk to her.
4. After they talked, Tally decided to go to the Special Circumstances to change her mind.
5. Tally changed her mind and went looking for Shay in the "smoke" all alone.

Blog Post #17

"Peris"

Why do you think Peris comes back? Give textual evidence.

• I think Peris comes back because he is wondering why Tally hasn't turned pretty yet and Peris could have just realized that Tally is now in "Pretty Town". Also, he probably came back because he wanted to know if the rumor about the "Special Circumstances" was true.

"Of course I came. The moment i figured out where you were, I came."

Blog Post #16

"Ugly for Life"

• "Everywhere she went, eyes looked away. But it was was the most visible she had ever felt."

• I think this quote is somewhat strange, because even though people weren't looking at her, she still felt visible. Also, another odd part is that her main goal was actually to be invisible.

Blog Post #15

"Special Circumstances"

In this chapter, after Tally realizes there is a kink, so to speak in her operation, the doctor brings Tally to Dr. Cable. While she is waiting, she finds out that there is a special circumstance she in involved in. She also realizes that Shay, Tally's best Friend ran away from her to be free. So while the doctors question Tally, Tally tries her hardest to answer just enough to get around, but not give to much information away.

Dr. Cable:

1. Non-reflective gray eyes
2. Sharp teeth
3. cruel pretty

Blog Post #14 FORM B

"Operation"

• Tally finally turns 16, so she gets to get her operation that will turn her pretty. While she was waiting for the hovercar in New Pretty Town, she thinks about how lonely the new uglies are. When the hovercar finally comes she gets in and is on her way to get her operation. When she arrives, The doctor tells her there is something with her operation so she follows the doctor to the back like she is told.

• I think Tally has something tremendously wrong. I also believe that she is going to have to over come great obstacles to achieve her operation.

Blog Post #14 FORM A

"Last Trick"p.85

"We don't have to look like everyone else,Tally, and act like everyone else. We've got a choice.We can grow up any way we want."

• I personally think this quote shows how Shay doesn't care about fitting in with everyone. I think Shay is very correct on this quote.

Blog Post #13

"Fight"p.76

• In the Chapter "fight", two fights broke out between Tally and Shay. The first fight was more of an act, or a fake in front of a small group, but the second fight was very real. The two fights are not alike because one is fake and for fun, but the other one is real and it's about the operation. I believe the whole reason for the real fight is because of the tremendous conflict of becoming a pretty.

Blog Post #12

"Waiting For David "p.69

• "That was one thing about being outside the city: It made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem alot more useful. She remembered now how rainwater fell on the mountains and soaked into the ground..."

• To me, this quote gives me the idea that the city is an educational place, and that the city is a safe place.

Blog Post #11

"The Rusty Ruins"p.61

• While Tally and Shay wonder around the Rusy Ruins, they see an objest that stands out from the others, this piece of equiptment wasn't rusty at all. As they examine this piece, the soon find out that the real name of this contraption is actually called a roller coaster. After they realize this, Sahy quickly gets the idea to hoverboard down it.

• " A shaoe emerged from the forest, a long spine that rose and fell like a frozen wave"

Blog Post # 10

"Rapids" p.53

• Tally- " I kind of like being fooled about some things"

• Personally, I agree with Tally on this quote, because if you knew every thing that was going to happen, life would be boring. For example, if you get a present that is wrapped up in a PlayStation box, but the gift is actually not a PlayStation, but it's something else you really wanted.

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Blog Post #9

"Pretty boring" p. 46

• The Rusty Ruins are the remains of the city when everyone was ugly. During this time, the universe was very chaotic and cruel. For example, if you weren't tall, strong, or smart enough you would be treat very poorly.

• To me peer pressure is when your friends, family etc. push, or work you to do something you don't really want to do.

Example of peer pressure:

• One day when me and my friends were ripping on our long boards, we ran into a steep and narrow hill. When we met with the " hill of doom" my Friends shouted at me to go down it.

Blog Post #8

"Facing the future" p.39




"Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun."...
"This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves"

• I think Tally and Shay should stop worrying about their appearence, and just have fun with their lives. Tally ans Shay should move on and explore the world.

"Everyone judged everyone else based on their appearence. People who were taller got better jobs...people killed one another over stuff like having differt skin color."

• I beleive that this quote is very, very unfair. Just because someone is taller, or racially different, doesn't meen that they should have unfairness in their world. Also, just because you dont look like someone, that should decide your future.

"It's the only way to make people equal." (becoming pretty)

• This quote to me, isn't neccisarily correct. I say this because, if you change your outter looks, that might change your appearence, but it doesn't change who you are on the inside.

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Blog #7

"Wipeout" p.33

• In the video game "Ratchet and Clank", the futuristic based game, the people of the city use the hover board for an easy and fun way to get around their town. The boards are used by a touched based interface, and they hover about six inches off the ground.

• I think pretties don't visit Uglyville because they like the lifestyle of a pretty better than an ugly. Also, They probably forget what their old life was like, and they make themselves believe that they are to great and pretty for dropping down a level.

Blog Post #6

"Shay" p.23

• After Tally escapes from the mansion by bungee jumping off, she runs into the unforgiving forest to hide. As she hides from everyone, she meets a girl that goes by the name of Shay. As it turns out, Shay ends up being an ugly with the same personality as Tally. After they discuss their escape plans, Tally and Shay escape from the forest.

• Shay is a girl, specifically an ugly, that has alot in common with Tally. I believe that since, as of now, they like each other, their friendship will go far. Also, I predict that they will be together through out the book because they are practically alone in the mysterious world.

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Blog Post #5

"Best Friends Forever" p.11

• I think New Pretty town advocates bungee jumping because it is an easy way to escape danger such as fires, land slides, earthquakes, etc.

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  "Bungee has quite an old origin. The idea of this way of jumping comes from the ancient ritual "Gkol" performed in the Pentecost island in the Pacific Archipelago of Vanuatu. The legend says that in the village Bunlap a man called Tamalie had a quarrel with his wife ans she ran away and climbed a Banyan tree where she wrapped her ancles with Liana vines. When Tamalie came up to her, the women jumped from the tree and so did her husband not knowing what her wife had done. So he died but the women survived.The men of Bunlap were very impressed by this performance and they had began to practice such jumps in case they got in similar situations. This practice transformed into a ritual for rich yam harvests and also for proving manhood. Modern bungee jumping as we know it today actually started on the first of April (fools' day) 1979 when group of people from the oxford University Dangerous sport club, impressed by a film about "vine Jumpers", jumped from 245-Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. Using nylon braided, rubber shock cord instead of vines, and dressed in their customary top hat and tails, they performed a four man simultaneous jump. The enthusiasts promptly were arrested for this. But at least hit the world press the next day. The new adrenaline mania has been started. The D.S.C performed many other jumps, including one off the Golden Gate Bridge. In early 1988, A.j Hackett and Chriss Allum, opened the first commercial jump site in Ohakune, New Zealand. Hackett also made a great commercial show in 1987 when he jumped from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

As part of the site publicity, Hackett performed an astounding bungee jump from the Eiffel Tower! Nowadays there have already been alot of towers, cranes, bridges and even hot-air balloons serving as platforms for jumping and bungee is the simplest and easily understood of the aerial extreme sports."

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Blog Post #4

" Best Friends Forever" p.11

• Tally- Considered an ugly, she's a girl, and she is friends with a pretty.
• Peris- Male, he is considered a pretty, and he is friends with Tally, an ugly.

• Personally, I don't think Tally and Peris's friendship is strong enough. The reason I say this is because, if Peris was a true friend with Tally, then Peris would obviously make time to see Tally. For example, when Tally escaped from the party, Peris could have left with her instead of leaving her on her own.

Blog Post #3

"New Pretty Town" p.3

• One textual example of an oxymoron is the following: "As the light faded, deep blue gaps of night peered through like an upside-down ocean, bottomless and cold." (p.3)

• I think Tally decided to wear a mask to the "white tie party" because she didn't want anyone to see her face. Also, Tally was probably worried about "pretties" making fun of her for being ugly.

• "A form of disguise. It is an object that is frequently worn over or in front of the face to hide the identity of a person and by it's own features to establish another human being. This essential characteristic of hiding and revealing personalities or moods is common to all masks. As cultural objects they have been uses throughout the world in all periods from the stone age and have been as varied in appearance as in their use and symbolism."

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• This information relates to why Tally wore the mask, because it explains that the mask she used was to hide the identity of her face.

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Blog Post #2

"New Pretty Town" p.3

• Well, truthfully, I recently moved from a small city in Conroe, but I stay intact with my old friends from several year back.

1. interface ring - I believe that an interface ring is a ring that enables you to communicate with a computer(s).


2. Toothbrush pill- I think a toothbrush pill is a pill that brushes your teeth for you.


3. Cacophony- A cacophony is basically a jarring sound.

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Blog Post #1

"Before Reading"

Scottwesterfeld.com

• I define beauty as something magnificent, or wonderful for the eye to see.
  
  If everyone in this whole world were to be pretty, I believe that the world would be Farly boring. For instance, if Bill gates were to be in the " good looking" group, so to speak, he probably wouldn't have been the millionaire he is now.
  
  
  This picture looks beautiful to me because, i think lake water, or water in general, makes me feal relaxed.
  
  
  
  

This picture is ugly beacuse the building has no base, and it just looks run down.