SPECIALS BY: Scott Westerfeld

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SPECIALS BY Scott Westerfeld

• By Shannon Smith
• 6th hour
• Mrs. Cumminss Class

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The Series

• The Uglies Series is made up of 4 books.
  (Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras)

A world where everyones ugly. And than there
not.
What if perfection isn't good enough?
Frighteningly beautiful, Dangerously strong,
Breathtakingly fast.
Where fame, popularity, and celebrity rule.
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THE SETTING
S

• The setting occurs in many places throughout the
  book.
• One place is the city. This is where the
  littlies, uglies, pretties, and crumblies live.
  This is also where the Special Circumstance
  Headquarters is.
• Another setting in this book is the wild. This is
  the land that is uncharted and out-of-bounds to
  the citizens. The Specials get to live in the
  wild because they are suppose to keep people out
  of the wild and keep the pretties from destroying
  it. The run-away uglies called the Smokies, have
  lost there home because of Tally. To Tally, who
  is a special the Smokies are dangerous because
  they bring deadly nanos into the city. They also
  live in the wild.

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Old Settings
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• THE RUSTY RUINS
• The Rusty Ruins is a setting that occurred
  multiple times in the book, Uglies . This
  setting is remnants of our world after a massive
  nuclear bomb. The Rusty Ruins are a way of
  telling people that Rusties made a big mistake by
  making violence to its fullest extent.
• THE SMOKE
• The Smoke is a civilization of ugly-runaways.
  The Smoke is a vast area of land that has
  buildings that are similar to camp cabins and
  mess halls. There are hover paths so the Smokies
  can ride around on hover boards. But, that was
  the Old Smoke. Now, the Smoke is on the move to
  find a new location, if there is one.
• - THE SPEACIAL CIRCUMSTANCE HEADQUATERS
• This is where the Specials are made and where
  new operations are tested and invented. This is
  also where Tally first met a Special. This is
  also where Davids father, Az, died.

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The History Of Tally-Wa
- In the 2nd book, Pretties, Tally has
everything she has ever wanted. She is part of a
popular clique, called the Crims. At her first
party, she comes in touch with one of the Smokies
who tells her about the cure and where to find
them. Zane, the leader of the Crims falls in
love with Tally. After there first kiss, Zane
forces Tally to remember her ugly past and tell
him EVERYTHING. Then, Tally and Zane go and find
this cure. They are 2 tiny white pills. They
each take one pill. There is a backfire with
these pills. One of them carries deadly nanos
that wipe out the lesions. The other carries the
cure for nanos. Without the cure for the nanos,
the nanos could tear your brain apart. That is
what happened to Zane. When Zane started having
these headaches, they ran away to the New Smoke
with other Crims in hope that Maddie could cure
Zane. They left Shay behind with her group,
called, the Cutters. When, they run away
trying to get to the Rusty Ruins with a
hot-air-balloon Tally stays on to long and ends
up in a testing area of violence. She learns
that the lesions are a way that stops violence
from occurring. She also learns that this testing
area is where the operation was invented. Blinded
by love, she goes to the New Smoke anyway to see
if Zane is ok or not. There is a catch, when Zane
and Tally were still in New Pretty Town, Zane
broke his wrist and had to be unconscious while
the doctors fixed his hand. They found that Zane
had nanos and took the chance to put a tracker in
his tooth. So, the Specials caught Tally and Zane
in the New Smoke while the others escaped because
Tally didnt want to leave poor Zane behind. Shay
had already became Special and took Tally back to
the city to become a Special.

• Tally is the main character in the Uglies
  series.
• In the book, Uglies , Tally Youngblood is a
  15- year- old ugly. She is eagerly waiting for
  her 16th birthday to join her friend Perris, in
  New Pretty Town. When you turn 16, you go through
  an operation, that turns you beautiful in every
  way. But, Tally has a new friend named Shay. Shay
  does not want to become pretty and wants to run
  away to the Smoke.(An outside of the city
  Civilization) When she turns 16, Shay has already
  ran away. The Specials, who rule the city give
  her a choice, to stay Ugly forever, or track down
  Shay, turn her in, and she gets to become pretty.
  Tally had no choice but to betray this Smoke
  and her friend. While at the Smoke, she falls in
  love with David, whose parents tells her about
  lesions, a tiny tumor in a prettys brain. After
  the Smoke gets destroyed, Maddy, Davids mom
  comes up with a cure for lesions that Tally
  promises to take as soon as she turns pretty.

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Plot

• The plot includes rising action, climax, falling
  action, and resolution.

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Rising Action
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• Tally and the Cutters crash an ugly bash. They
  are looking for Smokies that give out highly
  dangerous nanos to uglies and pretties. Tally
  finds the Smokie and tries to knock her out but
  comes up with a better idea. She chases the
  Smokie girl to find she is Davids new
  girlfriend. The Cutters end up in a fight that
  loses Fausto, almost kills Shay, and Tachs is
  left unconscious.
• Tally finds out that Zane is still alive and
  wants to see him. She is still madly in love with
  him. Shay wants to differ and says Tally should
  go out to the wild and look for Fuasto. Tally
  makes Shay promise to take her to Zane. When
  Tally sees Zane, she feels disgusted. She wanted
  to have the feeling she use to have when Zane was
  around, not disgusted. After her visit with Zane,
  Tally is determined for Zane to become a special
  so she can love him.
• Shay and Tally come up with a plan, help Zane
  escape his bubblehead prison, track him to the
  New Smoke, and end the Smokies forever. There is
  a problem Zane has a collar that is made out of
  orbital-alloy, and for him to escape Tally and
  Shay have to steal from the Armory. The armory is
  the citys military database. Tally and Shay end
  up destroying the armory to get the orbital alloy
  cutting tool.

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• Tally and Shay set Zane free with the cutting
  tool. The Crims put the necklace and interface
  rings on animal balloons so the city cant track
  them. The Crims run away. Shay and Tally start
  tracking the Crims. On the way, the Crims meet
  with a person who gives them a position finder
  for there next destination. Tally decides to see
  if she can get a position finder herself while
  Shay is still tracking the Crims. She runs into
  Andrew Simpson Smith. He is a villager and holly
  man of the violence testing site village. He
  gives Tally a position finder also. Half-way from
  home, Shay gives up on Tally and decides to find
  the Smoke herself. Tally stays with the Crims.

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Climax
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• When the Crims and Tally get to the
  position-finder destination, Tally is extremely
  bored. She has helped the Crims out of danger
  once before and wants to do it again. The Crims
  hover boards are necessary to get to the New
  Smoke. Tally realizes they might blow away while
  the Crims are sleeping. She goes over to the camp
  to help.
• She gets caught! Zane wants to desperately talk
  to Tally and wants to convince her that he is
  still her true love. Zane and Tally kiss. While
  they are kissing, Tally sees all of Zanes body
  and she sees the effects from brain loss in a
  major way. Tally is disgusted when she even looks
  at him but to kiss him! Tally runs away from
  Zane because she pities Zane so much as if he
  would die right in front of her. (Hint, Hint)

I made an image myself to represent the climax.
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Falling Action
P

• A helicopter arrives. The helicopter is there to
  take the Crims to the New Smoke. After the
  helicopter left, Tally jumps from a cliff in
  midair, and succeeds a landing on the landing
  bars below the helicopter. The helicopter takes
  her to another city. The smokies had gotten a
  whole city to join them! A city called, Diego.
• Once on the ground, Tally notices the costume
  surges and pretty surges are as wild as her sharp
  as needle teeth, and razor sharp finger nails.
  She could fit in. When she spotted out where the
  run-a-ways were, she met with Fuasto who was a
  long lost Cutter. Something was different about
  him Tally could see it in his eyes. He was
  cured. Tally new right away that it was a trap.
  She ran away from Fuasto by jumping of a cliff,
  and nearly died.
• The wardens found Tally and took her to the city
  hospital. When Tally, awoke from unconsciousness,
  she found out she was a Violation of
  Morphology. She was about to be de-specialized
  when Shay came to rescue her. They fought there
  way out of the hospital with ease, but, something
  was different about Shay too. Shay was cured.
  Tally tried to escape but the other cutters
  already had her pinned to the ground. They were
  all cured too. The cutters told Tally that
  because of her little trick in destroying the
  armory Dr. Cable was going to have a full out
  attack on Diego. A war was about to start.
• The bombs came pounding on Diego. The Town Hall
  was destroyed and the hospital was badly damaged
  after the bombardment. The patients were
  evacuated out of the hospital a split second
  before the bombs started. So, all the Cutters had
  to do was a search through the hospital. Half-way
  through the search, Shay found Zane.

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• Zane was in a operation tank, barley breathing.
  The doctors said that Zane was going to die if
  he was removed from the tank. They needed that
  tank desperately for a unconscious crumblie.
  Tally already new Zane was dead. She bade him a
  kiss goodbye, and ran off.
• Tally was now on her way home. When she reached
  the Rusty Ruins, she realized how close Diego had
  come to the same fate. Then a ping came into her
  skintenna system. A cutter couldnt have followed
  her? When she found where the ping had came from,
  David, was waiting for her. David told her how
  they had taken over Diego, and there plans for
  the Revolution. He gave her the injector for
  the cure. A cure, Tally could never take.
• In the city, she contacted Dr. Cable at once.
  Instead of Dr. Cable, it was Maxamilla Feaster
  one of Cables sub commanders. Feaster gave Tally
  coordinates to where Dr. Cable was. ( Level J,
  Operating Theater) As soon as she got to there,
  she was cornered by 10 specials and Dr. Cable
  herself. Dr. Cable already new and told Tally who
  she really was to special circumstances a use.
  Tally threatened Dr. Cable by saying that her
  whole body was a satellite done by a crazy
  surgery in Diego. The whole city would know who
  Dr. Cable really was and Cables little secrets
  too. Dr. Cable was frightened by this. All Tally
  said was, Oops, I forgot to send it. and
  plunged the injector into Dr. Cables skin. She
  was captured with ease.
• After Tally was locked up in her cell, Diego
  started sending detailed pictures of Tallys
  body. A warning, that specials were dangerous.
  The cure started to take a change in Dr. Cable
  too. And with in a month, one by one, all the
  specials were turned into average, normal
  pretties. Except Tally. Her cell suddenly started
  to leak out knock-out gas, one specially made
  just for Tally. A voice said, Dont just stand
  there, act like your passing out.. Tally was
  carried out of the cell, stripped of her clothes,
  and was put into an operating tank. A liquid
  filled up the tank, a liquid that was suppose to
  keep you alive while the doctors shredded you
  into pieces. Except this time, Tally would feel
  it, all.
• Tally started to panic. She yanked out breathing
  tube and started to shake the tank to the floor.
  She new someone had to rescue her. The voice kept
  saying, Stay still, Im coming.. When the tank
  came crashing down to the floor, she crawled out
  of the tank. Dr. Cable was waiting for her.

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• The cure had taken full effect on Cable now. She
  had black soft eyes and a voice soft and calm.
  Not the sharpness of a specials voice. She still
  had special abilities and physical appearances,
  but Dr. Cable, was changed. Tally was in a ball,
  hiding her naked body. Tally said, Why. Dr.
  Cable explained. Cable said that Tally was the
  last true special and that in order for Tally to
  go out into the wild, she had to promise to stay
  a cutter, forever.
• Dr. Cable handed Tally a sneak-suit. At least,
  she wasnt naked anymore. She left Special
  Circumstances and went to the rusty ruins, where
  she last met with David. She got messages in her
  skintenna system the next day. They were from
  Maddie, Perris, and Shay. They explained what was
  up with the world, and if Tally would join each
  revolution band. That afternoon, David arrived.

This image signifies that Tally is the only true
special left, and has to stay like that, forever.
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Theme and Resolution

• The moral of the story with an example from the
  book. The resolution of the story.

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• Tally told David what messages she got that
  morning. She said, I love you, that is what
  Maddie told me to say to you for her. David and
  Tally talked about there opinions on this
  revolution and sent out this Manifesto the next
  day to Maddie, Perris, and Shay.
• I dont need to be cured. Just like I dont need
  to cut myself to feel, or think. From now on, no
  one rewires my mind but me. Back in Diego, the
  doctors said that I could learn to control my
  behavior, ad I have. You all helped, in one way
  or another. But you know what? Its not my
  behavior Im worried about anymore. Its yours.
  Thats why you wont be seeing me for a while,
  maybe a long time. David and I are staying out
  here in the wild. You all say you need us. Well,
  maybe you do, but do not to help you. You have
  enough help, with the millions of bubbly new
  minds about to be unleashed, with al the cities
  coming awake at last. Together, youre more than
  enough change to the world without us. So from
  now on, David and I are here to stand in your
  way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying
  things. You have your New Smokes, your new ideas,
  whole New Cities and New Systems. Well were the
  new Special Circumstances. Whenever you push to
  far into the wild, well be here waiting, ready
  to push back. Remember us every time you decide
  to dig a new foundation, dam a river, or cut down
  a tree. Worry about us. However hungry the human
  race becomes now that the pretties are waking up,
  the wild still has teeth. Special teeth, Ugly
  teeth. Us. Well be out here somewhere-watching.
  Ready to remind you of the price the Rusties paid
  for going too far. I love you all. But its time
  to say good-bye, for now. Be careful with the
  world, or the next time we meet, it might get
  ugly.
• - Tally Youngblood pg 349-350

Resolution
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Theme

• The moral of the story is, Think twice before
  you act. What might happen if you do this, and
  how will other people react?
• Tally and Shay destroy the armory while stealing
  a tool. They do it for Tallys happiness. They
  dont think on how it would effect the city.
• Their exploits at the Armory now seemed like a
  practical joke- one that had gotten a little out
  of hand, maybe. Her skintenna was crackling with
  the citys high alert wardens and regular
  Specials out in force, the newsfeeds openly
  wondering if the city was at war. Half of
  Crumblyville had seen the inferno on the horizon,
  and the giant pile of black foam where the Armory
  had once stood was hard to explain away. There
  were military hovercraft visible over the center
  of town, stationed to protect the city government
  from any further attacks. The nightly fireworks
  displays had been canceled until further notice,
  leaving the skyline strangely dark. pg. 129-130

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Characters

• There are many characters in this book and all of
  them have different traits minor, major, static,
  dynamic, antagonist, and protagonist.

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TALLY YOUNGBLOOD/ Tally-Wa Major, Dynamic,
Protagonist
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• Tally is a fighting machine, like all Cutters
  she has finger nails sharp as chainsaws, teeth
  pointy as needles, airplane-ceramic bones, and
  muscles that never sore. She has scars from
  previous cuttings, and flash tattoos that spin
  with every heartbeat.
• Tally is the main character in this book. Tally
  is a Special. A special is someone who keeps the
  civilians from breaking the laws and going out
  into the wild. She is part of a group called the
  Cutters. To make her mind clear, she cuts
  herself with a knife. When the pain ceases from
  her arm/hand, it makes her icy so she can see in
  any situation and hear things that are to soft
  for an average human to hear. She is very
  cautious and very clever. She is very stubborn
  when she doesnt get her way. She is also in love
  with her 2nd boyfriend, Zane. Even if she is in
  love, her body is engineered to be disgusted when
  she sees an average, or below average like Zane.
  

There are so many drawings of Tally on the
internet. I thought this one portrayed her the
most.
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Shay-La/Boss Major, Static, Protagonist
C

• Shay is the leader of the Cutters. She is
  cautious like Tally but, she never misses out on
  a capture or fight. Even when she was
  half-drowned, she still proceeded to finish her
  task. She is some what of a baad girl. She
  doesnt like taking orders from anyone, even from
  her best friend, Tally. When she does make a
  promise to Tally, she goes of alone and leaves
  her behind.
• Shay has the same cruel beauty that any special
  might have. She has the most scars and the most
  flash tattoos.

I couldnt find a picture of Shay, so I made one
myself.
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Zane Major, Static, Protagonist
C

• Zane is the leader of the Crims and Tallys 2nd
  boyfriend. He fell in love with Tally in the 2nd
  book. In the 2nd book, Zane had brain loss that
  made him loose his motor abilities. So, in the
  third book, Specials, he is crippled and still
  is suffering from brain loss. He still loves
  Tally and cant understand why she cant love him
  until he is a Special. He doesnt want to become
  a Special.
• Zane is skinny to the bone because of a extreme
  make-up surges he does for parties. He is
  crippled and has shakes and tremors. He has ink
  black hair and soft red lips. He wears a dorm
  jacket.

This is one of the million versions of Zane.
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David Major, Antagonist/Protagonist, Static
C

• David is the son of the founders of the
  smoke.(Maddy and Az) Maddy created the cure for
  pretties that David, being the leader of the
  Smoke, has to deliver to the cities. David is
  also Tallys X-boyfriend. So Tally has hatred
  towards him as an enemy to the city, and towards
  him being her friend. David is a cheater. He goes
  from favorite to favorite. David is trustworthy
  while youre his favorite. He is kind to an
  extent. He is very sneaky and is a huge
  risk-taker.
• David has a scar on his right eyebrow and
  imperfections of living out in the wild for his
  whole life. He wears a t-shirt and leather pants.
  He wears a jacket made out of animal skins sewn
  together.

I couldnt find a picture of David, so I just got
a picture of what he wears.
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THE CUTTERS Minor, Static
C

• The Cutter tries things that no other Specials
  have tried before. The Cutters push beyond
  Special limits and abilities. They cut or brand
  themselves to make there minds clear and dont
  report back until a task is succeeded. Even when
  they are on the brink of death, they never call
  for help. This is also the clique Tally is in.

Tally, is leading the Cutters into the wild where
they will capture the Smokies.
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Figurative Language

• There are many examples of Figurative Language
  throughout any book. These examples include
  imagery, foreshadowing, similes, metaphors,
  personification, onomatopoeia.

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• Imagery
• A. The uglies just stood there, so shy and
  self-conscious that any one actually dancing
  looked like they were trying to hard. pg.8
• B. He was bearded and dirty-faced, his clothing
  nothing but strips of animal skins crudely sewn
  together. pg.143
• C. He felt like the flowers were waving him a
  hello. (online example)
• Foreshadowing
• A. In the beginning, all it took was a kiss.
  pg.180
• B. Who ever it was could move as silently as
  David pg. 141
• Simile
• A. grippy shoes squeaked like panicked mice
  pg. 113
• Metaphor
• A. Instead of cutting her into ribbons pg.
  198
• Alliteration
• A. Beckys beagle barked and bayed, becoming
  bothersome for Billy. (online example)
• Personification
• A. Tiny icicles shaken from the pine needles
  pg. 3
• B. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
  (online example)
• Onomatopoeia
• A. Ping! pg. 13
• B. Buzzz pg. 142

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Conflicts

• There are many types of conflicts that occur in a
  book. These include man vs. man, man vs. nature,
  man vs. society, and man vs. self.

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• Tally vs. Shay Shay and Tally get in an argument
  when they follow Zane and the other Crims to the
  New Smoke. They are arguing if they should go
  ahead of the Crims with the position finder, or
  lack behind the Crims and try not to get seen.
• Tally vs. Herself Tally struggles to control
  her behavior while she waits to see Zane alive
  one last time.
• Tally vs. Society Tally and Shay fight against
  Wardens in Diego to get out of the hospital
  before Tally is despecialized.

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Credits

• Images
• Clip Art
• Paint
• http//chronicle.com/blogs/buildings/a-library-add
  ition-at-u-of-chicago-keeps-books-close/5155
• http//sandyhillcamp.com/tour_9.htm
• http//www.clker.com/clipart-paper-writing.html
• http//www.clker.com/clipart--skateboarding-stick-
  figure.html
• http//projectjacobg.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-spur-
  of-moment-wish-list.html
• http//www.clipartmojo.com/clip-art/roller-coaste
  r-04-3627/
• http//elglin.deviantart.com/art/Tally-Youngblood
  -SPECIAL-166434295?qgallery3AElglin2F112163qo
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• http//www.theotaku.com/worlds/alishasworld/?type_
  idmediaformatpage2

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Credits Con.

• Figurative Language
• http//examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-ima
  gery.html
• http//examples.yourdictionary.com/alliteration-ex
  amples.html
• http//examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-per
  sonification.html