Blog Post #52

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

• No, I wouldnt want my mind and my whole body to change. That would mean getting used to who I am supposed to be.

Blog Post #51

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

• No I think she will feel better that she did come clean.
• I dont think he will, or I hope he wont.

Blog Post #50

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

• No I dont think she shouldve because Shay should make her own decisions.

Blog Post #49

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

• Yes I would get the cure because i would want to be with my "old" friends and not with the other ones.

Blog Post #48

Respnd to the following quote from the chapter... what does it mean to you? "Tally thought of the lesions on Shays brain, the tiny cancers or wounds or whatever they are that she didnt even know she had. They were in there somewhere changing her fiends thought, warping her feelings, gnawing at the roots of who she was."

• If thats how they change someone into a pretty, I would not want to be one. Actaully, I wouldnt want to be one anyway.

Blog Post #47

Give a chronological list of impostant events in the chapter. Whats the kicker at the end of the chapter?

• Tally and Shay talk.
• David and Maddy decide they want their dad.
• Then they have to go on this roller coaster thing.
• They find out that the dad is dead.

Blog Post #46

Is this the 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 is just a play on words because to me it doesnt make that much since.

What "labels" do Tally & David find in the Special Circumstances builiding? Give a BRIEF description of what you think each of them mean.

• Things like: Disorientation room one, Interrogation room one: I think that thats where they inspect the specials and all of those people.

Describe Shays appearance at the end of the chapter using textual evidence.

• Tall and elegant, every feature perfection. Eyes deep and soulful, flecked with copper and gold, widened with a troubled look.

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?

• HELP US GET BACK HOME. Because if I were one of them i would really want to go home.

Blog Post #44

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

• She realized what she looked like before. She went to the Smoke. The Smoke chagned her.

Blog Post #43

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

• I think it will work. She wants Shay back. They are valid.

Blog Post #42

How do David & Tally describe the rusties? Is it accurate? What are weaknesses of OUR society? What are weaknesses of THEIR society?

• They said that the rusties lived in houses of cards. No its not accurate.
• Our houses break down and it takes a while to rebuild
• Their house break and only takes them a few hours.

Blog Post #41

Find information and a picture about a time we werent prepared. Post the information and cite it.

• “We hadn’t gotten particularly good news that day, and she was trying to deal with it, and I was trying to deal with it, and I was feeling particularly put upon,” he says.
  “I suddenly thought, ‘I bet there are other guys who are in a caregiver role they never thought they’d be in. I can’t be the only one.’ ”

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100322/FEAT/303229946

Blog Post #40

Describe the irony in Tallys victory over Dr. Cable. What was lost in the process?

• She got the magazines. But they found the boss dead.

Blog Post #39

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

• No David is not right. I think Tally is amazing. No I think she shouldnt feel guilty because that was the right thing to do.

Blog Post #38

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

• I think it is an old friend of Tally's. I think she will be even better friends with them now than she was before.

Blog Post #37

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

• I think it means like what someone does because of what is happening or what happened. No, its not the most important thing. No, I wouldnt lie.

Blog Post #36

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?

• I think she really wants to stay in the smoke. I think she wants to stay with David

Blog Post #35

Is this the climax of the book? Explain why or why not you dont think so in a few sentences.

• No, because nothing really happened in thes chapter. It shouldve been more action to be the climax.

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 your personal life and one in your academic life (you may leave them nameless if you wish)... what makes this person beautiful?

• In my home life it would be my dad. He is very smart in what he does and all that he does.
• In my academic life I would choose (not going to say) they are smart and think wise things.

Blog Post #33

Respond to the following quote, what does it mean to you/the story? "Becoming pretty doesnt 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?

• I wouldnt want to change into a pretty at all, because that means I would lose all the stuff that I already learned

Blog Post # 32

What does the following quote tell you about the city and society in general? "But you do know about genetics dont you? Sure I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. but parents and children? Thats just weird."

• I think that parents and children can look alike, actually they can look almost identical too.

Predict what you think being "pretty" is.

• I think it is just thinking that you are pretty on the outside or on the inside.

Blog Post #31

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

• Imagery: She turned her face the ocean of weeds again. Pg. 249

Blog Post #30

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

• Yes because Tally lied to Shay and took David.

Tally received a gift for 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 had?

• No i haven't.

Blog Post #29

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

• Becuase she can't get anywhere else because they can find her no matter what.

Blog Post #28

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

• I don't think it matters if their parents were doctors, they can be anything and still their kids run away.

Blog Post #27

Find an image of a skyline like the one Tally sees. Post it. What is beautiful about it? Is there anything ugly about it?


My picture didnt show up again but there are these blue lights going up in the air so it is beautiful and nothing ugly about it.

Blog Post #26

What do you think about Shay's descripiton of a model? Shay and Tally have a skewed view of our time, but what have they got right?

• I think Shay is half-right but being a model takes effort and time and maybe some money.

Blog Post #25

Characterization:...David: an ugly, a nice smile, his face held a kind of confidence that Tally had ever seen in an ugly, a few years older than Tally, his smile was crooked and forehead to high.

Find a picture to represent what YOU think the smoke looks like and post it on your blog with an explanation of why you chose it.

My picture didn't show up, but i picked it because it was smokey.

Blog Post #24

List the important events of the chapter in chronological order.

• She gets to shore and it feels like her are filled wiht water and smoke. The fire reached the other shore. She figures out that she is in a helicopter. the people are spreadfires.

Respong to the following quote:

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

• I think she should betray her friend and go home to be safe.

Blog Post #23

Give one example of each of these from the chapter: imagery, personification and a simile.

• Imagery: "Billowing clowds of smoke surrounded her, blotting out the sky."
• Personification: "Jumping across the river."
• Simile: "... like stabbing a poker into a slumpering fire."

Blog Post #22

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

• I think it is this think where people fly from place to place to get there faster. I also think that robbers were in it. They are going to come back again and kidnap Tally.

Blog Post #21

Have you ever made yourself do something that you didn't want to do becuase you knew you had to?

• Yes, like one time I had to clean my room or my mom would get mad at me.

Predict what you think will happen next.

• I think that a bear is after her.