Final Project

Literary Heroes:

Tally Youngblood

In the Uglies series, and especially in my book 3, Specials, Tally Youngblood is a remarkable protagonist and hero. Tally fits into more than one of the hero archetypes. One of which is the Epic hero, I think Tally fits into this arhetype for several reasons. One of them being that she participates in a cyclical journey throught Specials, and the whole series. Tally gains allies throughout her journey such as her best friend Shay, and many other friends such as Croy, David, and Zane. Theese friends are not only her friends but they help Tally Throughout her Journey. In one scene in the book Fausto, a crim, and Shay are captured because they broke into the city's armory ,and Tally saves Shay. Then later inthe book Tally is put in the hospital and tries to excape but is knocked out by gas, luckily Shay saves Tally last minute. Another reason Tally fits into the Epic Hero Archetype is because she is brave, loyal, and smart, all without having any superpowers.

Not as well as Epic, but I think Tally also fits under the category of Romanic Hero because Tally rejects establihed norms and conventions set by society. Examples of this happen throughtout the series. Such as that she sneakes back and forth between Ugly Town and New Pretty Town which is not allowed, she even crashes a New Pretty party. She goes and participates in The Smoke and the city of Diego, which is specifially for Rebel Uglies who dont know if they want to become Pretties and Specials. Tally is also a Special at one point. She is hospitalized for her actions and tries to esape and sneaks people away from the "government" when she saves her best friend Shay.