Tuck Everlasting

The last major theme in “Tuck Everlasting” is the breaking of rules, laws and risky behaviour. Miles, along with the rest of his Tuck family and Winnie Foster, broke quite a few rules and laws and this along with their behaviour, got them into troubles that they had to get themselves out of. The first law that the family break is the kidnapping of Winnie Foster once she saw the spring. The kidnapping was witnessed by the man in the yellow suit: “The road, where it angled across the meadow, was just ahead, dazzling white in open sunlight. And there, standing on the road, was the man from the night before, the man in the yellow suit, his black hat on his head.” (page 32-33). Another law broken by Miles his family and Winnie was breaking Mae out…

Wouldn’t you like to never age, never get injured, and live forever? I wouldn’t. The Tucks from Tuck Everlasting had this dilemma when they found out that the spring had given them immortality. They had to chose to keep it secret or to let others know about it. I think the Tucks made the right decision to keep it secret because evolution will turn them into freaks, they are forced away from society, and life becomes pointless to them. If you drank the water, evolution is going to turn you…

Could you ever imagine living forever? Would you like it? Mae Tuck is in the story Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. There is something special able out her, it is that she never dies. Her husband and boys had drank from the spring not knowing what it was. She is one of my favorite characters because she has many good things about her. Throughout the story, Mae Tuck is strong hearted, brave, and accepting. She helps Winnie better understand her life and the world around her. In the story I…

In the world there is a special place called the woods and it has magical water produced there. When people drink this water, they do not grow up anymore. Also, they can not get hurt, and they live forever which makes them immortal. In the novel, “Tuck Everlasting”, drinking the water from the spring is a terrible idea because the people who drink the water can not grow old anymore, they have to hide themselves because if the other people find out the secret of the water, bad things happens…

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…

At the beginning of the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Winnie’s tone is annoyment. She is tired of being told what to do. Winnie wants to leave and go to the other side of the fence. Readers can first notice this when Winnie states ¨I don't think I can stand this anymore.¨ When someone feels that way it is as if they are being kept somewhere and want to get out. Winnie feels this way about the fence around her yard that she is not allowed to leave. Later on in the text, Winnie's…

Where were people buried? Tuck Everlasting is by Natalie Babbitt. Yet, in the movie, Tuck Everlasting is produced by Walt Disney. Some differences that were in the book and movie was the toad. The main difference was Winnie buried at the cemetery and in the spring. This story is about people drinking the spring. The Tuck family came to the woods for a drink. The thought the drink was strange. They found out that the drink was a magic spring. Eventually, the Tucks were immortal. Winnifred is…

In the book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, Winnie is an 11 year old girl who meets a family named the Tucks. The Tucks are a family that can live forever because they drank eternal water. The Fosters are Winnie's family and are very over protective over Winnie. The Tucks are a family that has an old horse named Old Dan. The Tucks and the Fosters were very strange but eventually died. Well, except for the Tucks. Death is a part of your life and you shouldn’t refuse it. The Tucks are…

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…

Animal Farm. Tuck Everlasting. What are these names? Well I’ll tell you. Animal Farm and Tuck Everlasting are two amazing books written by George Orwell* and Natalie Babbitt*. Animal Farm is based on the issues/problems caused by the Russian Revolution; and Tuck Everlasting is mostly about how immortality isn’t always that great. Another common theme for Tuck Everlasting is love is forever. Animal Farm in a brief summary is a story in which animals take over a farm because they are mistreated by…