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By Scott Westerfeild
“But how do people live in out there Shay? Like the Rusties? Burning trees for heat and burying their junk everywhere? It's wrong to live in nature, unless you want to live like an animal.” 88
This quote represents future time setting because they are referring to us as rusties. They are acting like living in nature is very unhuman like and living like an animal. These people are getting brainwashed into thinking that they cannot live outside and that they have to turn pretty to get the luxury life.
“I can't help you, I made a promise.”... “ Then I'll make you a promise to, Tally Youngblood. until you do help us, to the very best of your ability, you will never be pretty.” 106
This shows there are a lot of rules in this world because for Tally to become pretty, she has to go and find Shay. This is her responsibility because she knows Shay and she is the only person who can understand what Shay’s clues mean to get to the place where all of the runaways went, the Smoke.
“For a split second, she wondered if the jacket would work since she wasn’t wearing an interface ring.” 21
Tally broke a lot of rules to jump of the roof making her a very significant character. She was an ugly that went into pretty town and she also set off a fake fire alarm to get a bungee jacket to get to see her best friend, Peris. She was taking a big risk doing this because she could not turn pretty, but then she met Shay.
“All her notes on making pretties into specials Not just the physical part, but also how the brain lesions work.” 386
The biggest obstacle in this book is that when people turn pretty, it is not just their body that changes, it is their brain too. David’s Mom, Maddy, is working on a pill that can make your brain normal. She wanted to try the pill out on a pretty Shay, but she declined. Tally now needs to turn pretty and take the pill to see if it can cure all of the non intelligent pretties.