post #39

I guess Tally is amazing because she escaped from special circumstances. I think she should feel guilty. She is responsible for the destruction of the smoke.

post #38

I think the voice is David. I think it will be a friend. I think Tally is going to save the captured smokies.

post #37

Self Preservation means being selfish and only caring about what happens to you. It is not the most important thing. I might lie because of it, depending on the situation.

post #36

I think Tally will try to find a cure for the lesions. I think she is on the smokies side.

post #34

I can't really think of anyone right now. I guess I could say my dog. My dog is pretty....... pretty annoying.

post #35

I think It is The climax. This is because it is the most tense part and the most important part of the story so far.

post #33

It means that the pretties are only pretty on the outside. On the inside they're just messed up. If I was pretty I wouldn't want to change mentally at all.

blog post #52

I think I would probably have to, or the author wouldn't be able to make a sequel.

blog post #51

I don't think she won't regret it, I think that Tally is probably relieved she finally got it off her chest. I think that david will probably change his mind about Tally.

blog post #50

Maddy should have forced Shay to take the cure. There is only a 1% chance of becoming a vegetable, and I think it's a very small risk that they should have taken.

blog post #49

If I was Shay I would take the cure. I would do this because curing the lesions was more important than the 1% chance of becoming a vegetable. If I didn't take it, more people would die from the lesions.

blog post #48

It means that Shay wasn't being herself. The lesions had started working on Shay's brain, twisting her personality. And the wierd part is Shay doesn't even know it's happening.

blog post #47

1. Tally realizes Shay is drunk.
2. Shay tells Tally she's glad to be out of the smoke
3. Tally and David free the rest of the smokies
4. Maddy tells everyone that Az is dead

The kicker is that Az is dead.

blog post #46

I would say it has a deeper meaning to the story. I would say this because I dont know how it could be a play on words.


Interrogation rooms 1&2, probably places in which some sort of interrogation would occur, hence the name. Isolation room 1, probably a place where they keep mentally unstable or dangerous prisoners. Disorientation room 1, probably a place where they hit prisoners with frying pans to disorientate them. Radiology, where they study radios. Neurology where they study the human nervous system. Magnetic Imaging, probably where they do x-rays of people or something like that. Operating theatre 2, where they perform the operation.


" She was tall and elegant, every feature perfection. Her eyes - deep and soulful, flecked with copper and gold - widened with a troubled look. Her generous lips parted wordlessly, and she raised one graceful hand. Tally's heart almost stopped at the beauty of her confusion.

blog post #45

I would probably say Go Longhorns! I would say this because the Texas Longhorns are my favorite college.

blog post #44

I think that Tally has become smarter and more mature. She learned how to actually work when she was at the smoke, and I think that factored into it.

blog post #43

I think Tally's plan will work. I think what driving Tally is because she wants to redeem herself after betraying the smoke. I donk think that Tally is crazy, although, she might be a little reckless.

blog post 42

They describe the rusties as "idiotic, dangerous, and sometimes comic force of history." I think this is not completely accurate, not all of us are stupid and reckless, but there are some who are.

The weakness of our society is that we depend too much on fossil fuels.

The weakness of their society is that they depend to much on technology.

blog post 40

The irony is that Tally might have won a small victory by saving the magazines, but Dr. Cable had a much, much larger victory by destroying the smoke. The boss was lost in the the process because the Specials killed him.

blog post 41

hurricane ike

Hurricane Ike was the third costliest hurricane in the United states. It cost 32 billion in damage and kill 195 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike

blog post #26

I think she's wrong. But, there is some things they got right. The models did starve themselves. The models are too thin. They do have a "disease".

blog post #25

David is a smokie, but they don't say much about him.

I think this is what the smoke looks like, because they said the buildings were made mostly of wood.

blog post # 24

1. Tally is rescued
2. Rangers tell Tally about themselves, and the flowers
3. The Rangers drop Tally off near the hill
4. Tally hikes to top of hill and waites for smokies.

If Tally signaled the specials, she would betray her friend, if she didn't, she would be an ugly for life.

blog post #23

simile-" She ran thr0ugh the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a blistering fire"
Personification-" a roaring wind pressing at it's back sending embers across to a light on the other side."
imagry-" a rolling billow of smoke surged towards her, choking and blinding her until it passed"

blog post #22

I think that the machine was a helicopter, and I think people from the smoke were in it.

blog post #21

I've made myself do the dishes, because I had to, but I didn't want to.

I think there is going to be a river that splits in two.

blog post #20

Dried pizza- pizza that is dehydrated, I would dehydrate a pizza

1. family
2. shower
3. dogs
4. friends
5. xbox
6. buffalo wings
7. microwave
8. computer
9. television
10. ipod

Blog post #19

I think Tally decides to find out where Shay is to become pretty.

blog post # 18

1. Tally goes to special curcumstances
2. Tally answers Dr. Cable's questions
3. Dr. Cable tells Tally she has to infiltrate the smoke
4. Tally agrees to infiltrate the smoke

blog post #17

I think Peris came back because of Tally's promise.

Quote- " You promised you wouldnt do anythig stupid, Tally. That you would be with me soon."

blog post #16

Tally was always ignored by all the other uglies, and now it's wierd for her because now she is becoming noticed.

blog post #15

1. Tally is brought to strange building with evil-looking pretties
2. Dr. Cable tells Tally about Special Circumstances
3. Tally is asked about the dissapearance of Shay
4. Dr. Cable tells Tally if she does not tell him where Shay went, then she will never become pretty.

blog post #14

This is true in some ways. You shouldnt be forced to look like something or act like something you don't want to, to an extent.

blog post 13

One was physical and the other verbal.The physical one took place because it was a prank. The verbal one took place because of an argument. The physical one resultied in them laughing. The other resulted in anger.

blog post #12

The quote means that inside the city the resident dont have to worry about natural events like rain.

blog post 9

The rusty ruins are exactly what they are called, they are ruins of an old city with rusty buildings. This time period is what we know as present day, and apparently, some sort of catastrophe occured.



peer pressure- Pressure from one's peers to behave in a manner similar or acceptable to them
bibliography- http://www.answers.com/topic/peer-pressure

blog post 8

Quote 1: I agree, the operation only makes people feel like their ugly and makes the pretties feel like better than everyone else.
Quote 2: sadly, this is how today's society is like, people dont get judged based on their personality, they get judged based on how they look.
Quote 3: If making everyone beautiful is how they are going to make everyone equal, that means that if everyone was quote" ugly" then they would be equal, because now the pretties still judge the uglies.

blog post 7

back to the future part 2 hoverboard scene




They dont come back to uglyville because they think the uglies are too ugly to look at. The operation makes you quote" pretty" and makes you think you are better than people who havn't had it which isnt true.

blog post 6

Tally escapes from new Pretty town. She sees someone hiding in the bushes and thinks it an officer. It turns out to be another ugly. Her name is Shay and she snuck into new pretty town too. Tally and Shay plot their escape.




Shay is a pretty that snuck into new pretty town like Tally. She is like Tally in some ways. I think her and Tally will become best friends.

blog post 5

I think that new pretty town advocates bungee jumping because all they do is have fun and bungee jumping is just another way to have fun.

Bungee jumping was originally a rite of passage for the natives of Pentecost island in the pacific ocean. Every year they would build wooden towers over 80 feet high. Then they selected vines to tie around their ankles and then jump of the tower.

http://athleticscholarships.net/extreme-sports-bungee-jumping.htm

blog post 4

tally- she has a scar on her palm, she is very reckless, not caring about the risks of her actions. She is a ugly.She is 15. She's best friends with peris.

peris-He is a pretty, he's 16, he is best friends with tally.


I think that Tally and Peris are very good friends. They are true best friends because they have friends for a very long time and they cut their palms and gave each other the others blood.

blog post #3

Oxymoron- "new pretty town"

masks have been used for thousands of years by cultures around the world. Masks were mainly used for religious purposes. Egyptians used mummy masks because they thought it was necessary for the transition to the afterlife. They were used in carnivals to hide peoples faces in fear of shame. They have been an important part of dances around the world.

http://www.life123.com/hobbies/antiques-collectibles/masks/history-of-masks.shtml

blog post 2: new pretty town pg.3

I have never had a friend that has abandoned my friendship by moving, at least not any that I can remember.


Interface ring- a ring that interacts with the envirnment.

Toothbrush Pill- a pill that you chew that cleans your teeth.

Cacophony- a loud, sudden, noise.

blog post 1: before reading

beauty is being visually appealing, and if everyone was beautiful then nobody would be beautiful, but nobody could call each other ugly.