Reading Response #2

Book: Uglies
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Pages Read: 29-120

While reading on Friday i had many questions.  Most of the questions I had have still not been answered.  The first one was why does Shay say they 'were' friends.  This question was answered later on in the book.  Shay says this because she felt like her old friends abandoned her when they turned pretty.  My next question is why does Shay always insult Tally.  This question was one of the ones that was not answered.  My next question was do the Uglies get to choose what they will look like after the surgery.  The answer to this question is no.  they Uglies have no say in what they look like after the surgery to turn pretty.  The choice of what they look like after they turn pretty is entirely up to the doctors doing the surgery.  Another question i had was why doesn't Shay what to turn pretty.  All of the other uglies dream of turning pretty yet Shay seems to despise it.  This question is still up in the air because I have yet to find the answer to it.

One question that i asked a lot was why is Shay so against turning pretty.  The answer to this question is because turning pretty means growing up.  An ugly turns pretty at the age of 16 at this time they start to be considered an adult within their society.  Shay doesn't want to turn pretty because it means growing up. Growing up to shay means not being able to do all of the things she did as a ugly.

My last two questions go together.  One question is what does the man mean there is a problem with her surgery.  This question comes when Tally is on her way to get her surgery.  Before they can start the operation a man comes and tells Tally that there is a problem that must be solved before she can have her surgery.  The other question that goes with this is will Shay ever be found.  the problem turns out to be that Shay ran away and they are trying to find her.  The people ion charge of the surgeries are not allowing Tally to become pretty until she helps them find Shay.