Blog Post #6 (English 1A)

     The main character, Tally, has changed very much since she was first introduced.  In the beginning, in her strange society of Uglyville and New Pretty Town, she followed Shay her friend through thick and thin.  Shay was always a rebellious character, liking the way she looked even though she was an Ugly, which may sound strange but in this futuristic place it's very out of the ordinary to be like this.  Tally didn't agree with everything Shay thought, but respected her for most of it and promised to keep her secrets and not give her away when Shay swore to run away with a character named David, whom Tally didn't even believe was real until just recently.
     Now, though, Tally is dying to become pretty through the operation.  The Specials found out that Shay had gone missing into the Outside, and also found that Tally knew where she had gone through the riddle letter Shay had given her before she ran away, just in case Tally may want to come too so she wouldn't have to get the operation (but Tally never thought anything of that; she wanted to become pretty more than anything she'd ever known).  And although Tally had made that promise to Shay, she was willing to do anything to get the life-changing operation so she's now finding out where Shay is so the Specials will make her pretty.
     But until then, they swear that she will be an Ugly.  If she doesn't find Shay for them and bring her back for the operation along with David and their crew, Tally will stay ugly forever.  So I believe she will go to just about any lengths to become beautiful, but we will have to see.  The theme later may turn out that friendship is more valuable than anything, in that case Tally decides not to become pretty anyway, which is a theme I expect to see sometime throughout the story.  It's predictable.