Who is Tally Youngblood? Tally is the main protagonist in the story. All of her friends have turned sixteen and she is still stuck with her ugly self counting down the days until her surgery. We all have been there though. Our siblings and friends have turned sixteen and finally got their temps to drive and you are impatiently waiting for your day to come. She is faced with a lot of decisions in her life. If I had to sum up her character in one word, I would describe her as audacious. Tally brings it upon herself though. Even though she knows all of the trouble she would get into by trespassing into the pretty city, it does not stop her. But one decision she is faced with could change her life forever. Dr. Cable says, “If you don’t agree now, I’ll find someone else and you will be ugly forever.” (134) Sure Tally can flip a coin and let it decide her destiny but the way the doctor presents the question, she doesn’t even have that option. She loses all of her audaciousness and simply tells Dr. Cable she isn’t the right person and she can’t do it. If men are taught one thing it’s that the word can’t is not in our vocabulary. The fact Tally breaks right here shows us another side of who she really is. This sixteen year old girl actually fears something for once. Her whole life had been filled with adventure and thrill up until today. Tally had to been having the words of Shay running through her troubled mind saying, “When they do the operation—they grind and stretch your bones to the right shape, peel off your face and rub all of your skin away—maybe after that you just aren’t very interesting anymore.” (50). Her name had been called upon and the surgery would be postponed until she reaches the smoke. Will Tally crumble under pressure? Will she be ugly forever?
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