Tuck Everlasting Theme

Imagine being immortal for the rest of your life. In a second, you have the power of living forever imposed on you without your consent. Would that be amazing or tragic? That is the life of the Tucks. In Tuck Everlasting, the main characters; Angus, Mae, Miles and Jesse Tuck, experience what it is like to be immortal and Winnie Foster, a normal girl, and her experience with this family. Immortality, death and greed are key themes that make Tuck Everlasting a lesson to be learned about the value of mortal life. Immortality is the incapable of being dead, not dying and living forever. The Tucks were in the forest one day and drank the water from the spring. They did not know that the spring water was so powerful that gave them immortality. After they found out that they were incapable of dying, they decided to turn into a life of secrecy. For the older Tucks, Angus and Mae immortality is a nightmare. They saw how people they cared for lived and die and they were still alive, stuck out of the wheel of life. Angus Tuck once explained to Winnie Foster that being immortal is like being stuck out of the wheel of life and that it prevents you from enjoying the simple things that life bring you like love and death. “Dying is a part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can’t pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of the …show more content…
He wants to take the spring water and make a profit out of it. He does not care for the consequences that immortality has on the people and the psychological traumas that brings. The author decided to not give this villain a name because it shows how humans can easily be tempted into their own selfishness. Greed is one of the many faults that show that immortality is actually a nightmare. With the spring water on sale, only offered for those who can buy it, will make all humans lose what makes them human. Like Angus Tuck, humans will become immune to