“ ‘But this is what I’ve been waiting for. A way to escape prettiness, to be bubbly all the time!’
Í wasn’t waiting for this,’ Tally cried. Í didn’t want anything but to be a Crim!’
He pointed at the letter. Ýes, you did.’
‘That wasn’t me. She says so herself.’
‘But you- ‘
‘Maybe I changed my mind!’
Ýou didn’t change your mind. The operation did.’ “
Pg 198
Reaction: In this part of the book Tally is given the untested pills that are supposed to cure the lesions in her brain by one of the people she knew from 'The Smoke'. Before Tally volunteered to give herself up and turn herself pretty in order to test the pills she had Shay write her a letter addressed to her to convince herself to take the pills after the lesions had taken affect on her brain. It's really shocking to see that Tally has no memory of making this decision and writing that letter. I thought for sure when finishing the first book that she would be able to stick to her decision to taking the pills and that the letter would help bring back her memory. Unfortunately the lesions has her totally convinced that she wants to stay a 'pretty' even after the things that Zane has gotten her to realize.
Analysis: This part shows how much the lesions makes you want to be the way you are. Even though Tally only went back to the city in order to take the pills to see if they could possibly cure everyone of their lesions she has no memory of that. And the letter also was to tell herself that she would be thinking differently after the operation and that its crucial to take the pills Tally's brain is to wired to staying exactly the way she is. As far as she's concerned shes perfectly happy the way she is so there's no reason why she would change that. The author shows how even though Tally realizes that there something terribly wrong with her she can't get herself to change because in the end she's happy and as long as in her head she's okay with the way she is then there would be no way she would ever want to back to a past that she can hardly even remember.
Í wasn’t waiting for this,’ Tally cried. Í didn’t want anything but to be a Crim!’
He pointed at the letter. Ýes, you did.’
‘That wasn’t me. She says so herself.’
‘But you- ‘
‘Maybe I changed my mind!’
Ýou didn’t change your mind. The operation did.’ “
Pg 198
Reaction: In this part of the book Tally is given the untested pills that are supposed to cure the lesions in her brain by one of the people she knew from 'The Smoke'. Before Tally volunteered to give herself up and turn herself pretty in order to test the pills she had Shay write her a letter addressed to her to convince herself to take the pills after the lesions had taken affect on her brain. It's really shocking to see that Tally has no memory of making this decision and writing that letter. I thought for sure when finishing the first book that she would be able to stick to her decision to taking the pills and that the letter would help bring back her memory. Unfortunately the lesions has her totally convinced that she wants to stay a 'pretty' even after the things that Zane has gotten her to realize.
Analysis: This part shows how much the lesions makes you want to be the way you are. Even though Tally only went back to the city in order to take the pills to see if they could possibly cure everyone of their lesions she has no memory of that. And the letter also was to tell herself that she would be thinking differently after the operation and that its crucial to take the pills Tally's brain is to wired to staying exactly the way she is. As far as she's concerned shes perfectly happy the way she is so there's no reason why she would change that. The author shows how even though Tally realizes that there something terribly wrong with her she can't get herself to change because in the end she's happy and as long as in her head she's okay with the way she is then there would be no way she would ever want to back to a past that she can hardly even remember.
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