5A-Jamie-Tuckresponses

Yes, I would like to live forever in this age because then, I would be still active and still look young. I would also have some youngness left. For example, strength, courageness, and "sporty"ness. It would also be fun because even though your age gets old or increases, your body and your look wouldn't change. But I would also not like it because I mean, what's the point of life if your look doesn't change while your age is increasing? That is exactly what I mean. "Shame on them~" The song? It is exactly the title by what I mean. You will be ashamed. If you are 32 years old, but your look is like a 9, 10 year old, they would not accept you in business. How sad would that be?
 * __Prologue__**

I think the author is trying to express that the ownership of land isn't just that understandable after all. A owned piece of land, does it reach forever until it reaches the center of the Earth? No! Then does it only reach until the thin crust of the Earth? No! I really agree with Natalie Babbitt because a owned piece of land does not take up 1/8 of the Earth. It only continues for a certain amount of land. And I mean, come //on.// It is just a piece of land.
 * __Chapter One__**

I think Natalie Babbitt gave some very descriptive descriptions about words. For example: with a **drooping, exhausted brim**.(pg.11) and **a great potato of a woman** with a **round, sensible face** and **calm brown eyes**.(pg.10)
 * __Chapter Two__**

On chap.3, Natalie gave the words a very interesting rhythm. Like: **bristly grass.**(pg.13), **hysterical gnats.**(pg.13).When I say interesting rhythm, I mean she //added// a word in front to make the word interesting. For example, very near the **boiling** point.(pg.13) If the word //boiling// wasn't there, the word //hot// would replace the word //boiling//. Then it would be boring.
 * __Chapter Three__**

On chap.4, Natalie put in some very interesting words. For example: **intent** on catching fireflies.(pg.17) In this sentence, the word **intent** makes the whole sentence interesting. Another one: **Tall** and **narrow**.(pg.17) The word **narrow.** If this word is not there, guess what? The sentence would be __BORING!__
 * __Chapter Four__**

Jesse didn't let Winnie drink from the spring, because the spring was water that could make someone live forever. However, Jesse drank from the spring when he was seventeen, so he knows what would happen. And so now, he is 104 years old, but he still looks 17. If I was Jesse, I wouldn't let her drink it because there is a possibility that she might tell someone. Also, I would keep it a secret between my family.
 * __Chapter Five__**

1. "It was like a ribbon tying her to familiar things." (p. 35), "...her back bone felt like a pipe full of cold running water, her head was fiercely calm." (p. 32) No, the cold water was not actually running through her backbone. Babbitt wanted to emphaszie how scared Winnie was when Mae, Jesse, and Miles was taking her. 2. I think Winnie did not wave her arms to the stranger because she did not know him well. And besides, they only met each other once in their life. I think if the stranger waved first, Winnie would wave back. If I were her, I would've done the same thing. Unless he waves at me, I wouldn't.
 * __Chapter Six__**

I think Jesse means that someone was trying to make the world more advanced by a spring water(a water that can make the world live forever), but that person failed to do it. He/she was trying to spray the water all over the earth by a helicopter, but he/she had a helicopter crash. So all the water got poured into one place, which was the forest the Fosters' owned. And he/she refused to fix the mistake they made. So guess what, if people drink it, //they// could live forever.
 * __Chapter Seven__**

__**Chapter Eight**__ The person who overheard the secret was the stranger. He created suspense and tension by the smile that was beginning to turn out toward the end of the chapter. Also, when he came to Winnie's house, he asked questions like,"Have you lived here forever?", "Do you know everybody here?", etc. About the family he was looking for, I think he was looking for the Tucks' because he knew the melody of the "elf" song Grandma heard and Mae also had the music box that had the melody of the "elf" song. He also knew the melody to the music of the elves' because he whistled the tune when he disappeared. I think he followed Winnie, Miles, Jesse, and Mae because he was trying to look for the person who had the music box. I also think the stranger knew about the Tucks' and that //they// knew about the spring water.

1.Babbitt described the Tucks' house as if it is her house. I mean //very// specificly. She also described it with words we never heard of or words that are rare. For example, ..."...sloping with age, was set about **helter-skelter**."(pg.51)"...**perilous** towers of dishes.(pg.50) It differs from Winnie's house because winnie's house is always clean,mopped, and swepted, but the Tucks' house was always messy disorganized, etc. Our house is different from theirs because we do not sleep on steep stairs, have more than 2~3 rooms, do not have dangerous needles sticking out, and we do not have unfinished patchwork. Also, our house is very organized without any unfinished dirty dishes. 2.I actually think the spring water is a curse and a blessing. It is a curse because on the beginning of the book, Tuck dreamed abot being in **//heaven//**. Which means he wants to be dead or wants to die. Also, they can't control how they want their own life to be, so that would be a little uncomfortable. But I think it is a blessing, too, because you can see everything in the world until the whole universe would dissappear. Also, it would be nice if you were the only one who knows about the spring and you will be the only one who gets to live forever~!
 * __Chapter Nine&Ten__**

Tuck does not want to have an eternal life because "...**__he said he had to be sure__**."(pg.40) Which means that he really doesn't want to believe that he has an eternal life. "**//We just are, we just be, rocks beside the road//**." I think he means that since rocks never die, they just stay on the road, the Tucks' will also just be "human" rocks sitting inside their house doing nothing. He's also saying that they //will// become one of those soon. If I would compare Angus to the other Tucks' (Mae, Miles, and Jesse), I would say that Angus is the only family member that doesn't really like the fact that they're having an eternal life. For example, Mae is very cautious about telling other people about the spring, Miles was very sad because her wife and his children left him and ran away. And Jesse, he is very happy because he was very excited about the future buildings, skyscrapers, etc.
 * __Chapter Eleven&Twelve__**

He suggests that Winnie should drink the spring water when she turns 17years old and marry Jesse so they can live forever. If they do, they can run away(live on their own). I think she would say no or yes. She would say yes because she adores him and she wants to stare or gaze at him so if they get married, Winnie would always be able to look at Jesse adorably. She can also get married because Winnie and Jesse __both__ adore each other. I don't think she would because she might want to, but her dad won't allow it. Since the Tucks' kidnapped Winnie secretly, her dad would never forgive the Tucks'. Also, the Tucks' would get in big trouble if Jesse married Winnie. If I were Winnie, I would not get married because I would miss my family and my dog. Especially my sister and mom. Also, I would not be able to become a lawyer(my future dream)and if I see someone I would like to marry,....... Uh-oh~!
 * __Chapter Fourteen__**

I think the stranger is acting this way so he can just get the forest right after he takes care of Winnie carelessly.He is also very impatient to get the forest. Including the spring!! Maybe he is very eager about the forest. But he also might be acting this way because he is so eager about the spring water that he wouldn't care about Winnie. He also might be impatient with the constable's slow horse or the constable's talking and the way he is lazy. If I were the constable, I would go along with the stranger just so I won't get lost. Also, I would noy be happy with him because he woke me up in the early morning. For example, I'm supposed to wake up at 6o' clock but he woke me up at 5o' clock.
 * __Chapter Fifteen&Sixteen__**
 * 1**.The stranger acts very sneaky because while he is having an discussion with the Fosters', he talks them into giving him the wood. Also, he is selfish because all he wants is the woods. That's why he is just saying that he will get Winnie.(carelessly) Also, on pg.74, he says,"it looks as if I'm the only person in the whole world who knows where to find her." He said that smiling!! But most of all, he has a bit of something that ignores people. For example, on pg.75, it says,"He looked around the three shocked faces, and **as if he were seeing nothing there but calm agreement**........." The bolded part means the clue of when he ignores people. Another example would be on pg.73. "He lifted a hand then, **ignoring** their exclamations,..." Guess what!? There's the word ignoring!! Sweet!! He is also very bossy because on pg.75 he says that their going to do the business //his// way. Well, dah~! It's the Fosters' daughter. They can do whatever //they// want. Not the stranger's way.
 * 2**. The constable was very suspicious about the stranger. On pg.76~77, it says that the constable suspiciously asked the stranger something. Also, I think the constable thinks the stranger is very sensitive because the stranger twitched his lips and said that he was going to go ahead and wait for the constable there.But most of all, I think the constable thinks that the stranger is a morning person because he woke up the constable in the early morning. And the constable is very lazy to do stuff. Because there aren't that many people in Treeville, he is very lazy. But seriously, the stranger might have a fast characteristic. The constable dosn't like that.

1.Miles did not take his family to the spring because he did not know about the spring while he was at the farm. So later, Miles was trying to find his family again, but he thought about it and his wife was nearly forty. But worst of all, his kids were the same age as him. I would've took //my// family to drink the spring water because I wouldn't want me parents, my siblings and my dog to die. Also, I would want to experience how it would feel to live forever. I bet my family does too!! Most of all, it would be lovely to not die and live forever. Also, we would be able to see all the future things or robots that will be made in the future!! How exciting~ But I would also //not// like it because as Angus said so, there is a certain cycle of life. If some people are lucky, well......, they might live for over 100years old.( I wish that was me~! ) If there aren't any cycle of life, why would you live? That's the point. Also, my family wouldn't like it, either. 2.The conversation with Miles was similar with Angus's conversation because they were both talking about why living forever is good or bad. Also, Miles talked about what he will do since he is living forever and Angus also talked about how he will live on his eternal life. It was very different because Winnie asked Miles the question but when Angus and Winnie had a conversation, Angus did all the talking. Also, when Angus was talking, he was speaking it more in an adultish way, so I don't think that Winnie actually understood what he was saying. But Miles, he talked in the level where Winnie could understand the main point of the conversation. And he also talked about the importance of life whether it's a human being or an animal. But Angus just talked about the hub of wheel.So when Winnie and Miles caught the fish and let it go, I think that represented the importance of life.
 * __Chapter Seventeen&Eighteen__**

1.I don't agree with the stranger's argument because the spring should be kept as a secret. Also, the Tuck's //never// even told anybody so no one would know about the spring and try to sell it. But the stranger is a very sneaky, selfish, and a bossy person, so he thinks he deserves everything. He also ignores people. So when the Tuck's refused, he **ignored** the Tucks' and just tried to sell the spring his way. One more example is when the stranger ignored the Foster's the time the stranger asked to have the woods. The stranger also might cause a very big trouble by trying sell the spring water. 2.Tuck feels that way because Mae hit the stranger when the constable came, so he thinks that Mae will go to jail and get on the gallows for hurting the stranger. Mae also might get killed because she would get on the gallow. If I were in Tuck's situation, I would wish that Mae hadn't hit the stranger so she would be safe. She would also not go to jail. But I also think that I would want the stranger to be hurt so nobody would tell on the Tucks' for letting Mae out. I also would want Mae to be safe and not die once she goes to the gallows.
 * __Chapter Nineteen&Twenty__**

Winnie feels very sad about the wasp situation because this is just like the case where Winnie wants the stranger to be alive. Also, Winnie does not want Mae to go to the gallows. I had an experience like this before when I killed (not took good care of it) a goldfish. I bought two goldfish, but after a while, I forgot to change the water of the tank. So the water got contaminated and they both died. They died because I took care of them poorly. When this happened, I felt really bad for it and the way the tail started flapping....... so sad!! It was very poor and so I buried it in the yard near my house. But I had to move my house so I got apart from my fishy. As I say it again, I felt really sorry for it. Like Winnie, I wanted them to be alive again even though it was my fault that they died.
 * __Chapter Twenty-One__**

1. Pa disagrees with Winnie wanting to help Mae come out of jail because Pa, Miles, Jesse, Mae, and Winnie might go to the gallows for trying to free Mae and Mae would go to the gallows because she committed a crime. Also, it might be dangerous for her because she is just a kid. So when they act out Winnie's plan, she might be scared in the blanket and make some whimping noises. And besides, how is she gonna go out of the jail?? Well, unless the Tucks' come and rescue her. But he also might be aware of the constable because the constable is always watching at Mae, not asleep. Also, the mission will become more risky and dangerous if Winnie get caught with the Tucks' because then, the constable will think their kidnapping Winnie again. The Fosters' will also worry about where Winnie is. I think that it is a bad idea for her to help Mae get out of jail. Well, it is true that she made the Tucks' in a bad situation, but that doesn't mean that she has to pay them back by getting into a bad thrilling situation. But I also think that it is a good idea because having at least one more person helps the work get done faster and better. She should also help out because Winnie and the Tucks' are friends, ans friends always help each other out!!
 * __Chapter Twenty-two__**

I think "**Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage**" means that a jail is a jail if it is meant to be a jail. So for example, if I have to make a cage and a prison. Then I have to make it as I mean it. If I just make it with no interest, then it will not mean that it's a prison nor a cage. So you have to make it as you mean it. So I guess it just symbolizes bad luck. Winnie thought of this because she looked inside the prison and the wall was made out of stone. And the cage was made out of iron bars, too. Winnie peered up at the window and at the blackness of the bars with the gold light between them. That's when Winnie thought of this old poem inside her head.
 * __Chapter Twenty-three&Twenty-four__**

If I were Winnie, I wouldn't drink the water because it is sort of rude if you drink the water to marry a man you like and away from your parents. Also, when you are miserable and you feel blue, I wouldn't want to recognize the fact that I am going to live forever. The points that Jesse, Miles,Mae, and Tuck told me wouldn't change my point of view because first of all, my family is the most important. Second of all, I don't want to get away from my family just because of a boy I like. When Jesse handed the water jar to Winnie, I would've used it on someone who was suffering really bad instead of myself. Also, when Angus said not to drink the spring water I agreed that Winnie should'nt drink it.
 * __Chapter Twenty-Five&Epilogue__**