Wilde’s quote reminds me of the conversation between Peris and Tally earlier in the story. His take on selfishness somehow relates to the conversation, but also relates to its outcome. Seeing as to how many of the story’s elements relate to real life and how we see it, I can understand where the logic of most of the talk came from, but not all. Tally had decided that she wasn’t going to help the Specials, and if she was, she’d have to betray her friend. A few days pass, and Tally returns from hoverboarding to find her best friend Peris sitting in her dorm. Peris had already become a “pretty” 3 months before. It turns out that Peris had come to figure out why Tally hasn’t been turned, when her birthday has already passed. As Peris does on