Tally In The Book Called Uglies

The book called Uglies is about a girl named Tally, who lives in a futuristic society, where, when everyone turns 16 then turn pretty, however she meets a girl named Shay who turns her world upside down. Throughout this book Tally exhibits multiple changes in her personality and character traits, from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Some character traits that Tally had in the beginning of the book is friendly, and foolish. Near the middle of the book Tally shows that she is selfish and confused. At the end of the book Tally shows that she is brave and sorry.

The first character traits that Tally shows in the novel is friendly and foolish. Tally is foolish and friendly at the beginning of the book based on her actions from Garbo mansion to the prank with Shay, on the new pretties. We see that Tally is foolish when she goes up to where her friend, who was turned pretty, is staying. This is foolish because, first if she got caught out that late at night she would have been in trouble, and second if she got caught in the mansion she would have gotten into even worse trouble. In the book it says ¨Tally was beginning to realize how stupid the whole idea had been¨(Westerfeld 24) This shows that

Tally shows these character traits after her talk with Dr. Cable and to the meeting with David´s parents. We see that Tally is selfish when she is talking with Peris. In the book she is thinking about what to do, until Peris comes in and tells her that she needs to become pretty for him, in which she takes on Dr. Cables job to become pretty and betray her best friend.¨She had it now, an excuse to break her vow.¨(Westerfeld 126) Tally shows that she is confused when she is thinking about what to do with the pendant Dr.Cabe gave her, whether to use it or throw it away, because she was starting to love the