Compare And Contrast Tuck Everlasting

If you enjoy a book more than a movie. Then you’re going to agree with me if you have read the book of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt and watched the movie Tuck Everlasting from Disney. Tuck Everlasting is a story about a girl named Winnie who meets a family that is burdened by being immortal. Natalie Babbit’s Tuck Everlasting is better than Disney’s Tuck Everlasting, because it gives more imagery, suspense, and characterization.
A way that the book Tuck Everlasting is better than the movie, because the imagery in the book was a lot stronger than the movie. An example of this in the book is in the wood. In the book it sounds nice, beautiful, and nature-like. While in the movie it was more over grown. Another example is in the lake near the Tuck’s house. In the book it is smaller, while in the movie it is huge and …show more content…
In the book when Mae killed the man, people knew in the movie that she killed the man, but in the book you have to read about four chapters to find out, while in those chapters the plot would gain more layers. People would also be at a draw by wanting the man in the yellow suit to be dead, so the Fosters could keep their land. At the same time, they would want the man in the yellow suit to be alive, so Mae would not be hung at the gallows, exposing her secret. One more reason to support this is when Mae was in jail, in the book you would wonder how Mae would escape, or if she escapes. While in the movie, you already know that people would save Mae, because of all the cliché beginnings and stories. In the book, you believe that there would be a twist or that there is going to be a different way to get Mae back. Also, in the book there was more suspense when Winnie met Jesse, the audience would wonder whether she would get kidnapped. There is also suspense whether she would leave in peace, or if she would drink the water and become