Are there situations and/or characters you can identify with, if so how?

[Nick]

Please respond below!

[lionlady]

I lived in a dorm in high school - so all the sneaking out and playing tricks, that was me!

[[deleted user]]

All of the frustration of comparing myself to a prettier person, especially a good friend, I felt that, but certainly not to the extent where there was extreme beauty involved. That was probably me at some time or another. I know, I don't feel it now, but I've definitely felt that way before!

[lionlady]

I don't know that I compared myself to the prettier people, but I certainly did to the smarter, more talented, more whatever than me. At the time would I have had an operation, taken a pill or whatever if it available and socially accepted? Probably. Would I today? I hope not.

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

I went to high school in TX... Burkburnett TX to be exact. And drill team and cheerleading was so big. I remember on pep rally days (friday) all the cheerleaders and drill teams (they were called Babes) would get to wear their little outfits all day. It wasn't so much an Ugly vs Pretty but just the outfit and the status made them better. So I can identify with wanting to be that person, I just wasn't athletic enough!

[Ashley]

I think I can relate to Shay. I don't believe in doing something just because everyone else is doing it and it is a trend at the moment.

[Lisa]

I identified with the idea of being on the outside looking in. In my hometown if you lived outside of the town limits you were looked down upon by the "townies". We lived out in what they all called the "boonies", and it took most of the time I lived there for us to overcome that. It is funny because now that I live closer to a large city the townies would be considered from the boonies by the people who live here. I liked the idea of Shay. She didn't try to conform to what was popular. To deal with living with the stigma of being from the boonies we had to do something simalar and point out that living out in the country may have more advantages that the townies were not considering.

[Elizabeth]

I identified with Tally's struggle between doing the right thing and wanting to fit in. It's very difficult sometimes to turn off that longing to be beautiful, or talented, or popular, even if you know that doing the right thing will make you a stronger person.

[London]

i identified with shay who finds her inner beauty and doesnt do something because everyone else is doing it. but also with tally because even though she wants to fit in she really doesnt and will never because she is special in a way she doesnt know yet

[Terri]

Yes, Tally's self discovery is the real story to me.