In the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit, the protagonist Winnie Foster is given a choice of drinking water from a spring that will make her immortal. Winnie struggles with this decision because one of the key characters Angus Tuck tells her that it’s useless and that he wishes he could grow again. Yet, Angus’s son Jesse explains to Winnie the benefits of eternal life when he states that “you can have a good time that would never be stopped. If I had the same choice as Winnie Foster, I would not drink from the spring. I would not becuase if i did I would always stay the same while the world would be changing, I would never be able to experience growing up and I would always have to be hiding the fact that I am immortal.
