Tally Youngblood is the main character in Scott Westerfield’s Uglies; Her characterization advances the theme of inner strength in the story. Tally is blackmailed into betraying her friend. Dr. Cable, a woman of high rankings, refuses to grant Tally permission to undergo a surgery to make her gorgeous unless Tally betrays her friend Shay. Tally is given orders to search for and uncover a secret society specified as the Smoke. Tally is a vulnerable, young girl whose only wish is to be transformed into an attractive woman in the beginning of Uglies. Despite the agreement between Dr. Cable and Tally, Tally decides to live at the Smoke. Nonetheless, Dr. Cables organization, Special Circumstances, discovers the location of the Smoke. Her time
