Blog Post #52

I think I would ask the Wardon to make me pretty if I was Tally.  She is doing it to see if the cure really works so she is gonna help many thousands of people by turning pretty.

Blog Post #51

I do think that Tally will regret telling David because now it will be different between them, but she was going to have to tell him anyway so its better sooner than later. I think that David will change his mind about her, but then change it back. I think it will start with David being so frustrated with Tally but then he will realize that she did change her mind because she went rescued the Smokies and  try to build a new Smoke.

Blog Post #50

No, Maddy should not have forced Shay to take the "cure."  Then she would be just like Dr. Cable, forcing people to do things without their consent.

Blog Post #49

If I were Shay, I wouldn't take the cure. It has never been tested before that day, there is a 1% chance that it could kill her, and there isn't a certainty that it will work. So, no, I wouldn't take the cure.

Blog Post #48

"Tally thought of the lesions on Shay's brain, the tiny cancers or wounds or whatever they are that she didn't even know she had. They were in there somewhere changing her friend's thoughts, warping her feelings, gnawing at the roots of who she was."


It means that one of her best friends has some sort of brain disease and she doesn't know about and Tally can't do anything about it.  So Tally just has to sit there and watch her friend get stupider and stupider.

Blog Post #47

• Tally and David break into Special Circumstance
• Tally and David find all the Smokies and David's parents
• David knocks Dr. Cable out
• Tally and David take everyone to the roof to get a speedy getaway
• DAVID FINDS OUT HIS DAD IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!

Blog Post #46

I think that this has a deeper meaning to the story.


Interrogation Room One & Interrogation Room Two:
where the captives or criminals get questioned or interrogated


Isolation Room One:
is where the uncooperative people are placed to sit alone and think about whether to tell the Specials or not too


Disorientation Room One:
this is the torture room


"It was Shay. She was pretty."
"She was tall and elegant, every feature perfection. Her eyes-deep and soulful..."

Blog Post #45

My message would say"I'M SORRY," so that I could apologize to everyone that I have hurt in the past.

Blog Post #44

Tally has grown up and completely changed her mind about the operation, and Maddy and Azes discovery of the lichens and them telling her about them affected her decision too.

Blog Post #43

I think the plan won't work, I say a gust of wind will blow them off from over-top of the building. I think just the fact of getting back at Special Circumstances for making people dumb is driving Tally. Tally is definitely crazy!

Blog Post #42

They say we are stupid, and it is pretty accurate most of us are stupid. But there are a few people that have some brains.

Weaknesses in our society:
oil consumption

Weaknesses in Smoke society:
secrets

Blog Post #41

Hurricane Ike began as a tropical wave off of the coast of Africa around August 29th. A few days later, by September 1 it had developed into the 9th tropical depression of the hurricane season and was classified tropical storm Ike later in the day. Ike underwent rapid deepening on September 3rd into the morning of the 4th. It had achieved a category 4 strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale at 140 mph. Shortly after this, northerly wind shear started to take its toll and weaken it north of the Leeward Islands.

Hurricane Ike underwent another restrengthening phase as it moved west southwest into the Turks and Caicos and southern Bahamas. Grand Turk was in the northern eye wall and Great Inagua, Bahamas received a direct hit. Extensive damage occurred throughout these locations, with preliminary estimates showing 80% of the houses on Grand Turk receiving some damage. Ike continued toward Cuba making landfall on the northeast coast of Cuba. It crossed Cuba and turned more west northwest, barely off of its southern coast. After this, Ike made a second landfall in the western part of the country near where Hurricane Gustav made landfall not long before.

Hurricane Ike began to strengthen immediately after moving into the southern Gulf of Mexico. The Keys received some flooding, had squally weather, and reported an isolated tornado. In a similar fashion to Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike had a very low barometric pressure in the central Gulf of Mexico, but did not strengthen significantly. Dry air on the western side of the hurricane kept it from strengthening until just before landfall.

High storm tides flooded the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coast twenty four hours ahead of landfall. Storm tides of 10-15 were common in these areas. Hurricane Ike made landfall on September 13 at 2:10 am cdt at Galveston, TX. Even though Ike was classified as a category two hurricane with winds of 110 mph, very few gusts over 100 mph were recorded on land. Winds a few hundred feet above the ground were much higher though and caused damage to many windows to the sky scrapers in Houston. Rainfall totals of ten inches were reported in Houston. Heavy rain continued into the mid part of the U.S. as Ike merged with a cold front. Power was lost to approximately four and a half million people at the height of Hurricane Ike.

In summary, Ike was a huge hurricane. Its tropical storm force wind field extended exceeded that of Katrina. In the central Gulf of Mexico, winds of tropical storm force or greater extended out 275 miles from the center. Ike's effects not only were felt on the coast, but extended well inland. Wind damage and/or flooding rains followed the path of Ike into the southern Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and into New England. Rainfall totals of ten inches or more were recorded in the southern Great Lakes. Power Outages were also common from wind damage well northward into the Ohio Valley. Damage estimates are placed at $18 billion making hurricane Ike the 4th costliest hurricane to hit the U.S. An additional $4.4 billion in damage occured in Ike's post tropical stage as it moved northeast through the Ohio Valley causing widespread wind damage.


http://www.tropicalweather.net/hurricane_ike_facts.htm

Blog Post #40

Tally thinks that she won a victory over Dr. Cable for saving the books, but if she hadn't gone  to the Smoke in the first place the books or anything else what have needed to be saved. The entire Smokey world was lost because of what Tally did.

Blog Post #39

I say David is right about Tally making an amazing escape. And Tally shouldn't feel guilty, she didn't mean  to betray the Smoke, she was trying to destroy the pendant but ACCIDENTLY set it off.

Blog Post #38

David is the voice in the dark I think, so he is a friend. I think Tally and david will find a make a new Smoke, and find the captured Smokies and David's parents.

Blog Post #37

Self preservation to me is like looking out for yourself. I would want a good reputation rather then a bad one, but it's not the most important.   I guess I have lied for self preservation in the past, so I probably will do so in the future. So yes, but I'm not proud of it.

blog Post #36

I think that Tally might try to save, or make a new Smoke, and try to get everyone to forgive her. TALLY IS ON THE SMOKIES SIDE NOW!!

Blog Post #35

Yes, I think this is will be the most exciting, thrilling part of the book. All the Smokies  just got captured and it's probably the end of the Smoke forever.

Blog Post #34

My mom- She does stuff for me and my sister before herself,  she sacrifices the things she wants to do for what me and my sister want to do.


Kirstin Robertson- She's one of the only people that are truly concerned about most everyone, and she's always there for me.  You will never hear a bad word of any sort come out of this young ladies mouth.

Blog Post #33

When you become pretty, your self-confidence goes up, so you are more out there, and sometimes more snobby.

If I were to turn pretty, I would want to be more understanding. I would want to have blue eyes, and curly hair, and be smarter.

Blog Post #32

"But you do know about genetics don't you? Sure I know all about genes. I knew 2 sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. But parents and children? That's just weird."

The operation has taken all memory of having features like those of your parents away.




Being pretty is, being pretty is just being pretty. There is no real explanation to it.

Blog Post #31

Simile:
"Not soy-based, like the dehydrated meat in her SpagBol."


Imagery:
"In the valley below, the orchids glowed with pale malevolence in the moonlight, a frozen sea agianst the dark shore of the forest."


Personification:
"Dr.Cables pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier..."


















Yeah, it's a big deal to meet someone else of the opposite genders parents, no matter who they are.

Blog Post #30

Yes, Shay does have a reason to be jealous of Tally.   David seems to be like Shay's "boyfriend," and he is giving Tally gifts.  Why didn't he give Shay the gifts?  So apparently it seems like David is starting to like Tally.

This sounds kind of kiddish, but in first grade I remember for my birthday my mom got me a heart necklace.  It was really pretty and it had my name on it.   And one of my friends wouldn't talk to me for like 3 days when I wore it to school. So I guess she was jealous of it, but I lost it like 3 weeks later and we became friends again.

Blog Post #29

Tally wasn't close to the people in the Smoke when she first arrived. Now, she has came to know them and  it will be harder to betray them.

Blog Post #28

"They reversed the operation."

David's parents didn't want everyone to be the same in a way. They liked the diversity, I think.  They themselves didn't want to be like other people.


And I think they ran away because they didn't want to raise their child in the environment of your ugly, but one day you will be pretty.

Blog Post #27

The beauty in this picture is how it is all natural, and just beautiful.  But the ugly thing is that in at least 20 years it will all be paved over, and in the middle of a city.

Blog Post #26

Shay's definition of a model is scary accurate. "... her ribs thrusting out from her sides, her legs so thin that Tally wondered how they didn't snap under her weight. Her elbows and pelvic bones looked sharp as needles." Women that were too skinny. The one thing Tally and Shay have right about our time is the eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia are a big threat for women today.

Blog Post #25

David:

"Maybe he was a few a few years older than she was."

"Of course, David was hardly a pretty. His smile was crooked, and his forehead to high."

www.oldoregonphotos.com/.../i/m/im328z.jpg

I think the Smoke looks an old pioneer city with no electricity and dirt floors. I chose this picture because the dirt roads made me think about an old city. and I think that the Smoke should be an old city. It also looks like doesn't have any electricity because the lights are all off or there is really no electricity. And there are wood buildings like the Smoke.

Blog Post #24

1. The people in the helicopter get Tally out of the river and put her in the helicopter
2. The people in the helicopter start talking to Tally about the white flowers
3. The helicopter people set Tally next to the 'bald head' from Shay's note
4. Tally has to sit and wait on top of the bald head

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

Tally has no way home except betraying someone close to her.

Blog Post #23

Imagery:

"The fire stretched in an unbroken wall across the opposite shore, a roaring wind pressing at its back and sending embers flying across to alight on the near side."

Personification:

"Fingers of it shot up the hill..."

Simile:

"Spun away like a leaf..."

Blog Post #22

I think that Shay and David were in a helicopter.

Blog Post #21

Yes, I have made myself do something this I didn't want to do but I knew I had to. I t actually was last Thursday, at the track meet. Coach Roberts had me running the 200 open, and I really didn't want to. The 200 open is just a full out sprint for half of a lap. Anyone that has seen me run would know that I am definitely not the fastest person ever. I really didn't want to run that race because I knew I would come in last. Which I did, I came in last just like I knew I would. But I ran my race for my team because I knew no matter what place I came in I would earn my team points. So I tool one for the team and ran the 200 open.

People on a giant hoverboard will come and get Tally.

Blog Post #20

Sirmac= sirloin steak and macaroni and cheese

I would use a purifier thingy like Tally used to make it.

• dogs
• parents
• sister
• sports
• phone
• ipod
• all technology
• bed
• electricity

Blog Post #19

I think that Tally was forced to go find Shay. The only reason she went was because she wanted to be pretty, that's all.

Blog Post #18

• Tally goes to find Dr. Cable at Special Circumstances
• Tally answers questions about Shay, and tells Dr. Cable about Shay, the Smoke, and David
• Dr. Cable already knows about all of this stuff
• Tally shows Dr. Cable the note and finds out that Dr. Cable already had a 3d copy
• Dr. Cable shows Tally a survival kit and says she will make it to the smoke on time if she leaves now
• Tally goes along with it and she leaves at midnight

Blog Post #17

Peris felt bad that Tally couldn't get the operation.

"Haven't you heard? They didn't do the--"

"Of course I came. The moment I figured out where you were, I came."

Both from page 122

Blog Post #16

"Everywhere she went, eyes looked away. but it was the most visible she'd ever felt."

it means that no one was watching her, but she felt that no one was ever NOT watching her.

Blog Post #15

Tally is taken to a room where she meets Dr. Cable when she is told Shay is missing. Dr. Cable tells Tally that she is at Special Circumstance and she need to help find Shay. Tally says she can't help because she made a promise, and Dr. Cable says she won't be a pretty until she finds Shay. Then Tally's back at her dorm when her parents come, she says she wants to go live with them.

Next, I think that Tally will use the note Shay gave her to try and find Shay.

Dr. Cable:

• mean
• rude
• demanding
• strange
• nasty
• cruel

Blog Post #14 B

1. A new ugly goes and talks to Tally while she is waiting on the side of the road for a car to pick her up to go to her operation.
2. Tally starts to think about shay while she is still waiting for her ride to the hospital.
3. The hospital car comes.
4. Tally arrives at the hospital, and is told to sit and wait.
5. A man comes and tells Tally there is a problem with her operation, and that she needs to come with him.

Next, I think that Tally will be told she cannot have her operation because the city found out she was the ugly that caused the big commotion at the beginning of the summer.

Blog Post #14 A

"We don't have to look like everyone else, Tally, and act like everyone else. We've got a choice. We can grow up any way we want."

The world tries to tell you how to look, but really it all comes down to being a leader, not a follower.

blog Post #13

In this chapter there was 2 fights. The first fight was between Shay and Tally but it was all a prank for the new uglies. The fight ended as one of the girls pushed the other over the railing, and they soon met up laughing hysterically. The second fight was real, Shay had just told Tally she did not want to become a pretty. After a long silence while floating in the river after the 2 girls fought, Shay swam away leaving Tally alone.

Blog Post #12

"That was one thing about being outside the city: it made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful. She remembered now how rainwater fell on the mountains and soaked into the ground..."

The Rusty Ruins are old, no one is hiding anything from you, it's all natural.

Blog Post #9

The Rusty Ruins is the world right now. When the Rusty Ruins were in their prime, it was right now, in 2010. The Rusty Ruins was when there was rolling cars, and nothing 'hovered.'

Peer Pressure- It's when your peers pressure you into something different.

I was walking into math when one of my friends, from my old school, asked me for the answers. I was so tempted to give her the answers so she didn't fail, but I couldn't. The little voice inside my head told me that it wasn't the right thing to do, so I had to tell her no. I felt so proud of myself for not giving in.

Blog Post #8

"Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun"..."This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves." Every girl thinks she feels ugly, and it really is not fun. But in the world of pretties the procedure is just to make you feel better about yourselves, but it does bring the uglies down about themselves.

"Everyone judged everyone else based on their appearance. People who were taller got better jobs... people killed one another over stuff like having different skin color." When I read this quote I thought about racism, and how people killed one another over being black. I think that is sooooo wrong.

"It's the only way to make people equal." There is not one certain way to make people equal. There never will be.

Blog Post #7

The new pretties don't come back to Uglyville because they think they are better than the uglies. The pretties are the prettiest people in the world. And they are dumb.

Blog Post #11

Tally goes to meet Shay at the dam, then they hoverboarded to the Rusty Ruins. Shay shows Tally a roller coaster and they start riding it. Tally doesn't know that there is a break in the roller coaster and when she gets up to it she starts free falling. At first she is mad about Shay not telling her about it, but then they start talking. Shay says she needs to show Tally someone.




Page 65 "They had become as useless as the board."

Page 63 "Apparently, the Rusties did have some fun. It's like a track."

Blog Post #10

If the reality behind something is to sad or bad to hear, I would just want to be fooled about it. So, I guess it just depends on the thing I am being fooled about.


Whitewater rafting continues to grow in popularity. Like so many outdoor activities, people tend to forget that whitewater rafting necessarily entails an element of risk due to the elements of nature. In fact, some might point out that because of the inherent thrill seeking element of whitewater rafting, the sport includes a greater-than-average risk factor.
Whitewater rafting outfitters all over the world have their own unique risks in the trips that they provide. These can range from the easily treatable (someone catches sick on a trip) to the incredibly and exotically dangerous (a rogue hippo attacking rafters on the Zambezi in Zimbabwe). There are several dangers that are involved in all whitewater expeditions, however, no matter how short or how long, or where you are in the world. Here are some tips when it comes to making sure that your expedition is as successful and safe as possible.
Prepare Beforehand:If you have never been on whitewater rafting trip before, don't try to shoot the moon on your first trip out. Having a rafter who is unfamiliar with the water is a guide's worst nightmare, so make sure that if you are going on an advanced run that you are secure in your swimming ability. You should also be honest with yourself and the outfitter you are going with when it comes to your physical ability; not all people can expect to be able to run Class V rapids all day, due to lower physical health.
Listen to Your Guide!Guides that work for whitewater rafting outfitters are experienced and educated outdoors enthusiasts who know exactly what they are doing and what to expect on the rivers they run. Despite this fact, many people still presume that they know better than their guide what to do out on the river. Don't make this mistake. Consider that most guides have specialty training that the average person, even the average outdoors enthusiast, will not have the chance to obtain. Guides who run the Colorado River for River Runners in the Colorado, for example, are required to take Swiftwater Rescue training when they take rafters down Class IV or higher sections of rapids.
Betty, of W.E.T. River Trips in California, mentions that guides are also able to help rafters avoid stress injury by offering paddling techniques. "Men and women guides often have different styles of paddling", so be sure to use the one that is appropriate to your strengths!
Select Age-Appropriate Trips:Most whitewater rafting trips are available to people of all ages, but both parents of young children and senior citizens should choose the type of rapids they tackle according to realistic criteria. Eileen Datka of River Runners, an outfitter based in Colorado, points out that their trips are limited to people four years old or forty pounds. Kids in this group are restricted to the Class III rapids, and most parents will probably agree that this is more than sufficient for a thrill.
Duke Bradford, of Arkansas Valley Adventures (also in Colorado) notes that his company offers several trips for children as young as two, as long as they are accompanied by their parents. Several outfitters agree with this perspective and offer float trips along easy Class I and II rapids that even young families can enjoy.
Outfitters also note that even older kids might not be suited to all runs. For example, both River Runners and W.E.T. River Trips in California state that during high water, the minimum age on Class IV rapids should be 16 years. Betty of W.E.T. takes the age limit one step further, encouraging those under the age of 18 to defer from going on trips that involve a lot of Class V water.
Safety comes first in any outdoor recreational activity, and whitewater adventures are certainly no exception. To make sure that you have the most enjoyable excursion possible, follow the steps above and contact the outfitter you are going to use before hand to see if they have any additional advice.

http://www.raftinfo.com/whitewater-rafting-safety.htm

Blog Post #6

After the fire alarm was sounded, tally jumped off the building and hover bounced half way to the pleasure garden. While Tally is trying to get back to the bridge she thinks she sees a warden. When she goes to apologize she finds out the "warden" is actually Shay. Shay is an Ugly trying to get back to Uglyville.

Shay is like Tally, they are both seeking adventure. I think that Shay and Tally will become great friends.

Blog Post #5

New Pretty Town advocates bungee jumping because if there is ever a fire, the pretties need a way to get off the roofs.

Bungee Jumping was originally an ancient ritual or right of passage for the "vine jumpers" of Pentecost Island in the Pacific Ocean Vanuatu group. Every year, the men of the island's tribe build large wooden towers, over 80 feet high. They then carefully select vines from the jungle which they then tie to their ankles before jumping off the top of the towers. Modern Bungee jumping began with a 4 man team from the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club jumping off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, on April 1, 1979 (April Fools Day) dressed in their customary top hat and tails. The four neatly dressed adventurers (as the rules of their club expected) were immediately arrested.

During the late 1980's A.J. Hackett opened up the 1st commercial jump site in New Zealand and to publicize his site, per-formed an astonishing bungee jump from the Eiffel Tower!

Bungee Jumping flourished in France and New Zealand during 1980s and was introduced to the United States by John and Peter Kockelman from California in late 1980s. In 1990s facilities opened up all over the United States with cranes, towers, and hot-air balloons being used as jumping platforms.

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

Blog Post #4

Tally:

• an ugly
• adventurous
• Peris's "best friend"
• 15

Peris:

• a pretty
• was adventurous
• 16

No, if they were true best friends then Peris would want to spend the whole night catching up with Tally. He would have done anything to spend time with Tally.

Blog Post #3

"Safety Fireworks" is an oxymoron.
~Uglies

She wore a mask to the party, so the pretties wouldn't know she is an ugly.

Masks are worn to protect or disguise the face. Most masks worn to disguise are in the form of an animal or another person. Protective masks serve a specific purpose. For example, a welder wears a steel mask with a special lens to shield their eyes from the intense light produced by welding. Disguise masks include ceremonial masks, theatrical masks, burial and death masks, and festival masks. http://42explore.com/mask.htm

Tally wore a mask to find Peris because she didn't want to be discovered.

Blog Post #2

Yes, I have had a friend that has abandoned me. In fifth grade my best friend told me she was moving to Georgia. She also told me that she promised to stay in touch. But she texted me for the first week she was there and then stopped. I texted her two months later and asked why she stopped texting me about Georgia and she said she didn't have time. She then said that she had to go, and I felt like she had just kicked me to the curb.

Interface Ring- It is kind of like a tracking device
Toothbrush Pill-A pill you take instead of having to brush your teeth
Cacophony- A lot of noise at one time

Blog Post #1

There are two types of beauty, outer and inner beauty. Outer beauty is having the perfect face or perfect smile, and having a fit body. Inner beauty is not cussing. It is being nice and respectful to everyone.

If everyone in the world was beautiful, then life wouldnt be as interesting as it is now.

www.smh.com.au/.../2006/02/16/1140064206413.html

www.flickr.com/photos/finbarro/3784749046/

The picture of the elephant would be something that I consider ugly. The elephant has wrinkles, and is a nasty and dull gray color. The flower is something that I think is pretty. It has bright and attractive colors. To me, if something draws the eye, it has to be some-what pretty.