Book Report by Alexia Zubizarreta
"Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld (406 Pages)
Setting and Context
Uglyville
The Smoke
New Pretty Town
Main Characters
Main Character (Antagonist)- Tally
Quote: "Best friends for life" I chose this quote because when Tally is about to go into new pretty town where everything starts she touches her scar that her and Peris got together and says "Best friends for life."
Main Character (Protagonist)-Dr. Cable
First and foremost, Dr. Cable is evil and crazy and totally deserves what happens to her at the end of the book. Dr. Cable gives Tally two options, go and find the smoke and press the button on her necklace, or don't go to the smoke and live ugly for the rest of her life. Dr. Cable works for special circumstances in uglyville. Tally describes her as an "cruel pretty." Towards the end she is knocked out and taken hostage by Tally and David with the rest of the smokies.
- Quote: “You can die ugly, for all I care” I chose this because it shows how hateful and cruel Dr. cable is and how she only cares about her job and herself, not caring who's lives she ruins in the process.
Minor yet important characters
David
Quote:”You were a spy?” I chose this quote because his shock and reaction when tally told him the truth about her being a spy.
Shay
Runs away to the smoke and gives Tally secret poem telling Tally where to go and how to find the smoke. Shay ran away because she did not want to turn pretty. Then when Special Circumstances comes she gets captured and is then turned pretty. Tally and David then bring her to run away with. Shay doesn't care anymore that Tally turned them in. Shay is now a completely different person, only she remembers what had happened before the operation. This picture describes Shay because Shay is an outdoorsy type person and she knows how to get to the smoke and she knows how to ride her hoverboard so easily across river and through trees.
Quote:"You did me a big favor, getting me out of that Smoke place." I chose this quote because when Shay says those words to Tally, she can't believe that Shay said those words. Tally is in shock that Shay doesn't hate her or despises her for what Tally did.
Maddy and Az
Quote: "These pills won't change the way you look. They'll only affect your brain, undoing what Dr. Cable did to the way your mind works. Then you can decide for yourself how you want to look." I chose this quote because it is when Tally decides to volunteer to turn herself pretty after all of the drama.
Main Conflict
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature
Man vs Self
In the smoke everyone is warming up to Tally and she starts to feel guilty because she feels like she is betraying everyone there because she is a spy and has to turn in the smoke to special circumstances. This picture describes the dilemma because Tally decides to finally follow her conscience and throws the necklace into the fire forgetting and not wanting to bring in special circumstances.