Sunday, April 4, 2010

"46" Inside

I think it has a deeper meaning because normally operations aren't watched, so why call it a theatre???

Lables:
long term detention-place where people are kept after the commit felonies.
interrigation room-place where they question captives.
disorientation room-place where they torture people until they go crazy.
radiology room-place for the treatment of disease.
neurology room- place where they tap into you nerves to make you feel intense pian.
magnetic imaging room-place where they transpher images into resistors heads until they talk.
operating theatre two-place to watch the operations.
(yes on some of these I let out my creepy side X})

"She was tall and elegant, every feature profection. Her eyes-deep and soulful, flecked with copper and gold-wordlessly, and she raised one gracefully hand. Tally almost stopped at the beauty of her confusion."

"45" Over the Edge

I would write, "BEHOLD! I AM MIGHTY FINLAND! SWEDEN AND I HAVE BOUGHT OUR FIRST CHILD ON E-BAY AND HIS NAME IS SEALAND!" because I like Hetalia, and it wouldn't make sense to anyone not in THE CLUB and i like watching people go "huh???"

"44" Acomplices

Tally is similar to these uglies because just like them, when she was an ugly she was always up for the coolest tricks. But ever since she went to the smoke she has grown up in a way and takes things more seriously.

"43" Familiar Sights

Yes, I do think Tally's plan will work. She is being driven by the fact that this whole thing is her fault and she wants to make it right. Her fealing are very valid.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

#42 " Oil Plague

The way Tally and David describe the Rusties is accurate, but the focus on flaws way more than achievements.

Our weaknesses: We really too much on oil, andn don't protect our environment.

Their weaknesses: Everyone except people who need brains for work is a mindless zombie.

#41 "Maddy & Az"


Aircraft and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy began an attack on the U.S. The Americans had deciphered Japan's code earlier and knew about a planned attack before it actually occurred. However, due to difficulty in deciphering intercepted messages, the Americans failed to discover Japan's target location before the attack occurred.[5] Under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the attack was devastating in loss of life and damage to the U.S. fleet. At 06:05 on December 7, the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 183 planes composed mainly of dive bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters.[6] The Japanese hit American ships and military installations at 07:51. The first wave attacked military airfields of Ford Island. At 08:30, a second wave of 170 Japanese planes, mostly torpedo bombers, attacked the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The battleship Arizona was hit with an armor piercing bomb which penetrated the forward ammunition compartment, blowing the ship apart and sinking it within seconds. Overall, nine ships of the U.S. fleet were sunk and 21 ships were severely damaged. Three of the 21 would be irreparable. The overall death toll reached 2,350, including 68 civilians, and 1,178 injured. Of the military personnel lost at Pearl Harbor, 1,177 were from the Arizona. The first shots fired were from the destroyer Ward on a midget submarine that had surfaced outside of Pearl Harbor; Ward did successfully sink the midget sub at approximately 06:55, about an hour before the assault on Pearl Harbor.


#40 "Run"

The fact that she even got away was a victory. So was the fact that she got some magazines that the boss saved. But over all she lost because now the smoke is gone, the Boss is dead, Shay doesn't trust her and she destroyed so many peoples lives.

#39

No Tally is not amazing beacause she is a big fat lier!!! She shouldn't have sold out her friend for anything, no matter what Peris said.

#38 "Run"

Well I think its David because if she got captured by Dr. Cable and the book ended . . . it would really be a bad book. So yeah, Davids a friend and he and Tally will probably go save smokies.

#36 "The Rabbit Pen"

Well DUH! She better side with the smoke! Even though Tally is a big fat lier she wouldn't sell out after all her and the smoke had been through. At least she better not.

#35 "Invasion"

OF COURSE THIS IS THE CLIMAX YOU NINNY!!! For one this is the time when Tally is reunited with special circumstances and all her wrong doing is shoved right is her face. Two this could lead to the end of the smoke which is BIG!!!Three. . . the "not read" section of the bok is getting teeny!

#34 "Burning Bridges"

Sister(Shannon): My sister is beautiful because she never lets other peoples expectations of what she should be cloud who she is. She never lets anyone tell her who she should be and anyone who tries gets a full serving of "who she is" right in the gut. (XD luv yooh sissy!!!)

Ginger: Ginger is beautiful because when she finds something she likes she will stay honest and true to it for a life time.

#32 "The Secret"

It tells you that since the sergery changes the way you look but not the genes you have children can't look like their parents in the present , but what they looked like before the surgery.

Pretty is the standard set for humans that is hardly ever perfectly achived. (blame the man!!!)

#33 "Pretty Minds"

Well, to me it means that when you become pretty it changes the way you really are into something deemed worthy and good by others.

Now honestly, I think its sick how many things people hate and want to change about themselves compared to things they actually like . . . but hey we all do it even me -_-'. I would make my hair straight for one. Also I would add SOME color to my skin besides pink and maybe take some extra fat away here and there. Other than those I'm gooood. OH AND I WANT TO BE 6 FEET TALL!(my brain is good thanks for asking)

Monday, March 8, 2010

#31 "Bravery"

Imagery "The orchids glowed with pale malevolence in the moonlight, a frozen sea against the dark forest shore." page 245
Personification "-choking the life out of other plants, out of soil itself, selfish and unstoppable." page 244
Simile "Without even trying, she'd shafted her best friend, like a walking poison, she killed everything." page 244

Of course! One beacause they could find out what she did. Two because she could find out things she really would rather NOT know. Finally Three, it would just be awkward.

#30 "suspicion"

Shay did have a right to be jealous. I mean she really likes David and now Tally cames around and sweeps him off his feet. Thats not fair, but alls fair in love and war. On the other hand she has no reason to get mad at Tally, it's not like she can control Davids feelings.



Hmmmm . . . no not really.

#29 "Hearthrob"

Because she wouldn't have seen how happy people were there and how much she would be ruining if she exposed them.

#28 "David"

They ran away because they knew something was strange about the mindless pretties.

"They reversed the opperation?"

Sunday, March 7, 2010

#27 "work"



I think this picture is beautiful . . . except for the rocks. Just picture running across a snow white beach then all of the sudden you step on a pointy rock. I don't like rocks.

# 26 "the model"

I think Shay's description is right. I wouldn't really call it a disease though, its more like a really bad choice. they may have some aspects on our time wrong but the whole part about anerexia being ugly is true.

#25 Lies

I think this is a good representation of the smoke because it is a claered area and there are lots of tents.

  • big nose

  • hand made clothes

  • reminds Tally of a pretty

  • knows his way around the woods

  • graceful

  • has lived in the smoke his whole life

Sunday, February 28, 2010

#24 Bug Eyes

1.Tally is saved by people in the flying machine.
2. The people tell her about the Rangers, flowers, and the helicopter.
3. They drop her off in a field of flowers.
4. She finds a grassless hill and waits for Shay.

"Fire Storm"

Imagery: "Billowing clouds of smoke surrounded her, blotting out the sky. A raggall of flame moved through the flowers, giving off a wave of blistering heat."

Simile: "Her footsteps ignited with flame as she ran through the blackened flowers, like stabbing a poker into a slumbering fire."

Personification: "the smell of smoke swept over Tally."

The Side You Despise"

1. Helicopter
2. smokies
3. Smokies were checking the area for specials trying to find them.

"Worst Mistake"

Well of course I have! Eating healthy, exercize, homework, THIS BLOG and that just naming a few! But hey you gotta do what you gotta do . . . no matter how much you don't want to.

Tally will be in deep doo-doo

"SpagBol" p. 147

I would invent instant . . . breakfast sandwiches . . .YUM!!!! I chose that mostly because breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I enjoy having it twice, or apperently thrice!
they could bemade by solar enhancing plates that cooked the eggs, toasted the bread, and fried the bacon then when put all together excess heat woulg melt the cheese . . . yummmmm . . . :}

1. family
2. friends
3. computer
4. tv
5. room
. . .
I guess I'm don't have that many things that really keep me attached . . .0.0

#19 "Leaving" p. 139

I think Tally ultimately decides to go find Shay because she made a promise to Peris.

#18 "infiltrator" p. 120

1. Tally goes back to Special Circumstances.
2. Dr. Cable tells her that she will be going to the smoke.
3. she gives Tally a pendent that will activate a tracker when she finds the smoke.
4. Tally says she is too tired to leave right away and Dr. Cable put up an Ugly picture of Tally.

#17 "Peris" p. 120

"You'll have to tell me all about it. But don't you dare tell anyone else. Not yet. Everyone's going to be so intrigued. We can through a big party when you get yourself all prettied up."



I think Peris is only interested in the fact that TAlly is not yet pretty. He's more worried about getting the latest primary scoop on the latest gossip in New Pretty Town than Tally herself.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

#16 "Ugly for Life"

I can't really relate to what Tally is going through right now, but it must be really hard. To me it would kind of feel like being the main attraction at a theme park, or probably more like having no legs. peole don't actually look at you because they think its rude, but as soon as they think your not looking they tune into their peripheral vision.

#15 "Special Circumstances"

1. Tally is taken to a strange pace with cruel pretty people.

2. She meets with someone named Dr. Cable.

3. Dr. Cable starts to question her.

4. She finds out that Dr. Cale knows about Shay leaving.

5. Dr. Cable asks her to helps them.

6. When Tally refuses Dr. Cable says if she doesn't hep she will never be turned pretty.

  • auquline nose
  • sharp teeth
  • nonreflective gray eyes
  • cruel pretty
  • voice has a the same, slow, neutral cadence as a bedtime book.

#14 "Last Trick"

A.
I find this quote inspiring! Shay is completely right about not having to trudge in other peoples shadows just in hopes that we can "fit in". Because the thing is, if we just try to look, act and think like everyone else it's not really us is it? We do have a choice in whatever we do and we should take that choice and choose whatever makes us feel the most like ourselves.

B.
1. Tally waits to get on her the bus for her operation and is approached by a young ugly.
2. The bus picks up Tally and drops here off at the hospital.
3. Tally waits for a long time the operation.
4. A doctor says that there is a problem with her operation.

#13 "Fight"

Both fights presented in this chapter were Shay verses Tally, but one was a silly fake one and the other was a serious agument. The first fight took place because they were just trying to scare some new uglies. The second took place because Tally and Shay had to different views of how to live. The first fight ended with a few scared new uglies , but the second ended with Tally and Shay torn apart.

#12 "Waiting for David"

#11 "The Rusty Ruins"

1. Tally and Shay hoverboard through the ruins.
2.They ride a rollar coaster.
3. Tally gets mad at Shay for not telling her part of the track was missing.
4. Shay tells Tally about a guy that lives outside the city.

"Every building sported jagged spurs of metal sticking from its broken walls, like bones jutting from a long dead animal."
"The Rusties had been stuck in these streets like a horde of rats trapped ina burning maze."

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

#10 "Rapids" p. 53

I'm not going to lie, I do agree with tally on this one, but only to certain extents. Like, when we were kids and we all believed in Santa Clause. I wouldn't have wanted someone to come barge in when I was a six year old sitting on Santa's lap, and rip off his beard. But, if it is something like somebody dieing and no one telling me, then I dont agree.

Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s.

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

#9 "Pretty Boring"

The Rusties Ruins are what used to be an old town or city. It looks like people were trapped inside as it was burning. It was the type of city or town we live in now.

Peer pressure is when people your age urge you to make a certain choice. I have expirienced peer pressure, but only the good kind, like when my friends encoraged me to join cross country.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

#8 "Facing the Future" p. 39

Personally, I agree with Shay in some ways, but Tally in others. I do believe that a game where you could see yourself if you were to be "perfect" would be kind of fun, but it would also kind of make you feel bad about your actual self which I am totally against.

This quote makes me feel ashamed. I would be ashamed of any place or time like that, even if it weren't true, but sadly it is. To think that something so shallw and stupid would cause people to lose jobs and even die mearly judging on there apearance, well, in simple words it makes me sick.

I think that Tally is wrong, sad but true. It doesn't matter if your pretty or ugly, even nice or mean. There will always be people who look down on others, and see themselves superior. But even more unfortunate, there will be people who believe them.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

#7 "Wipeout" p.33


In the anime Gurren Lagann, there is a girl named Yoko who uses a hoverboard to both travel across oceans and fight evil gunmen.

I believe the new pretties don't came to visit Uglyville because the surgery made them believe it would be quote "bogus."

The pretty surgery alters people both physically and mentally. Physically, it alters your features to make you a certain standard of what most people find "beautiful." Mentally, it changes your opinions on things like whats fun of not, or what really matters about a person.

Monday, February 1, 2010

#6 "Shay" p. 23

Tally, after just jumping off the side of a building hover bounces into the pleasure gardens and sees that there are lots of hover cars and wardens around. When she goes to the river so she can go back to Uglyville she sees a dark figure, and thinks it's a middle pretty. After a while she accidently cracks a branch and, after appologizing finds out it's another ugly. The uglies name is Shay and she was there to spy on a few of her old friends. She offers to give Tally a ride back on her hover board, but she suggests they go on a non-tattle-tailing bridge.

Shay is a very adventurous girl, who finds what Tally did with the whole fire-alarm thing cool and amazing. She much like Tally misses her old friends that have turned pretty, so she goes to spy on them sometimes. I think that Shay and Tally will become friends, but then (unless they have the same birthday which is highly unlikely) one of them will turn pretty before the other.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

#5 "Best Friends Forever" p. 11

I think New Pretty Town advocates bungee jumping because it is something for the pretties to do that gives them an adrenaline rush, and makes them feel like there doing something bad and dangerous without actually doing that much.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0123122/historybungee.htm

#4 "Best Friends Forever" p. 11

Tally

  • Ugly
  • Nicknamed Squint
  • Peris is her best friend
  • Has a scar on her hand
  • Tall
  • Rule breaker
  • Wants to be pretty
  • Fit
  • Brave

Peris

  • Pretty
  • Nicknamed Nose
  • Tally is his best friend
  • Had a scar on his hand, but it was removed during surgery
  • Tall & Thin
  • Was a rule breaker
  • Want to be with Tally when she is pretty

I feel that Tally and Peris's friendship was true, but now that Peris has turned pretty, he has been brainwashed into thinking like one. This makes him only want to be friends with Tally if she's pretty, and that is not true friendship. He Should want to be with her even if she is ugly.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

#3 "New Pretty Town" p. 3

"She waited peering down the hall anxiously, panting into the hot plastic of her mask. "Ground floor!" she repeated. "Close door!"

Nothing happened.

She sighed, closing her eyes. Without an interface ring, she was nobody. The elevator wouldn't listen."

I chose this as an example of irony because Tally took off her interface ring so she could be free to go see Peris, but then when the pretty boys were chasing her, the elvator didn't see her so she was trapped.

Tally chose to wear a mask to the "white tie" party because she didn't want the pretties to know she was ugly.

http://www.anymask.com/historyofmask.htm

This site talks about masks being part of desguises of costumes that are worn over the face and that they are good for hiding any emotions or features on the wearers face. This relates to Tally's descision because the mask hides her ugly features.

#2 "New Pretty Town" p. 3

Well, when I moved from New York to Texas, I left a lot of good freinds behind. I was only 6 or 7, so i dont remember a lot about them, but i do remember a couple. For on there was Megan, we were best friends up until I moved, and we tried to keep in touch by pen-paling. But being the 7 year olds we were we didn't really keep it up for long, but if i could get in touch with her again, i think we would be better at it now. Then there was Taylor. She had a twin sister named Samatha and they would always switch places and cause trouble. Taylor and I were friends, but we always had our fights . . . always . . . Although once she found out I was moving she did get really upset. So, I guess you could say that we did "abandon" our friendship, but for 7 year olds that hardly know how to write, it's hard!

Interface Ring: Something in the future that lets you communicate with machinary.

Toothbrush Pill: A pill that brushes your teeth.

Cacophony: Explosion of sound.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

#1 Before Reading

Beauty is something that appeals to all your senses by the many different contrasts of a thing working in perfect harmony within itself. There is also inner beauty that just deals with being yourself and being confident while doing it. Don't be SCURRED!!! XP
I think that if every one in the world was "beautiful" the black pit that is the human race would alternately find other minor differences to ridicule and make people feel unsatisfactory. So honestly I don't think the world would change much.

beautiful_mountain_sunset.jpg


I think this is beautiful because of all the bold colors and sharp contrasts between the purples, oranges, and blacks. just the plain scene is beautiful too. Imagining what it would be like to really be standing there at the side of a mountain, perfect view of the lake as the descending sun hit it just right. that is beautiful.


smog-734579.jpg


I find this picture truly repulsive. The basic color scheme is gray, black, and brown, not to mention what the picture is actually of. If I picture myself here all i could thing about would be the smog infested air burning me from the inside as it enter my throat.