Starry Night

Starry Night

Ginny Kielmar English 1115- 8:00a.m. Professor Dunham November 23, 2008 Tuck Everlasting Tuck Everlasting, written by Natalie Babbitt, is a fantasy novel. It explores the concept of immortality and why it is not as desirable as it seems to so many people. The book has different themes that can be discussed. The book opens with an analogy of a Ferris wheel, the seasons and life. Everything is a cycle and everything is changing, even when some things will return to nearly what they were before, they are never quite the same. The prologue also hints at the chance of people meeting and changing the outcome of all involved. It sets the stage for the reader to be carried away. Winnie Foster feels trapped and dreams of the day she can gain freedom from her family. She thinks of running away, but backs out at the last minute, knowing she has nowhere to go and no one to help her. In a way, her dream is realized when she runs into Jesse Tuck. Jesse, his brother Miles and his mother, Mae, kidnap Winnie. She is not scared and does not yell for help. Although she wants to go home, she is finally getting to experience an adventure, freedom; she decides to go without hesitation. They pass a stranger but don't give him any thought as the group makes its way to a small river so they can talk a little more to Winnie. Then they proceed to the home that Mae shares with her husband and their sons, when they are home. The stranger has decided to follow them. Angus Tuck greets Mae and Winnie at the door. He is excited to see a child that can change and grow. After they all eat, he takes Winnie out on the pond in a rowboat and tells her why he feels their lives are cursed. Mae, too, gives Winnie the feeling their lives are cursed. In the course of the next few hours, Jesse discloses his perception that their lives are actually blessed, while Miles continually changes his mind. During this time, the stranger has put into motion circumstances that cannot be stopped. He takes...

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