This journal entry was from Tally
Youngblood’s point of view. Right on the day of her operation to become pretty
she is told to bring her friend Shay in or she remains Ugly forever. This time of
Tally’s life was crucial since she faced a life- changing dilemma. I wanted to show that Tally felt it was very
unfair and cruel to take something away from her just because of someone else’s
choice or decision. This relates to the theme of social injustice because
nobody should be put in such a situation where you must betray someone you love
in order to acquire something you deserve. You are punished for somebody’s “wrong
doing” (we can also question if Shay’s actions are wrong at all). In such circumstances,
in front of such dilemma, I guess, everyone may feel confused, hopeless, and
perhaps even angry.
I also wanted to show that Tally
wanted to become beautiful simply because she needed to feel accepted. People in the story believe that if you’re
not pretty you’re not accepted and you’re different. One of the morals of this
story is to be who you are and in the journal entry Tally is trying to become
like everybody else; meanwhile Shay has learned that being beautiful isn’t
everything. Also, Tally shows certain desperation because she is sick of being
worthless and ugly. She believes that when becoming pretty her whole world will
become beautiful.
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