Analysis Of Tally

“The surest way to lose your self-worth is by trying to find it through the eyes of others.” With these words, Becca Lee is claiming that the amount of self-worth one has should not be dependent upon the opinions of others. This same idea is conveyed in the novel, Uglies, the article “The Art of Resilience”, and the poem “If”. In the novel Uglies Scott Westerfeld tells the story of Tally, a sixteen year old girl, who learns to see her self-worth. Throughout the story, Tally struggles to separate her self-worth from the ideals imposed upon her by society. The article “The Art of Resilience” informs readers how resilience can assist a person who is struggling in life. The central idea is that adversity does not have to determine our fate. The

In Uglies, a sympathetic tone is present. David informs Tally that he sees her as beautiful, an unfamiliar statement for Tally because growing up “no one was considered to be even remotely beautiful” (Westerfeld 263). This is a sympathetic tone because it is evident that the author feels sorry for Tally and her inability to have self-worth. Rudyard Kipling also masterfully shows his emotions by creating an optimistic tone in the poem. The narrator’s repetitive use of the words, “if you can” (Kipling 1-4), shows that he is hopeful for the reader’s success in the future, provided that the reader can recognize his or her own value and abilities. Both texts show the importance of seeing one’s own beauty and potential, as well as

The novel, Uglies, is written in a third person limited point of view through the main character, Tally. The reader witnessed Tally’s lack of self-worth when she saw herself in the mirror and was “horrified as she beheld her own appearance” (Westerfeld 131). From the third person point of view, the reader is given an overhead view of Tally’s thoughts and feelings and we see her lack of self-worth. Kipling, on the other hand, uses second person point of view to make the readers aware that he is talking to them. In the poem “If”, Kipling talks directly to the reader saying “keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you” ( Kipling 1). Through second person point of view, the reader sees that everyone needs to realize their of own self-worth, even when others refuse to recognize it. Both works effectively use point of view to demonstrate for the reader the importance of having