Suji's+Tuck+Responses

=**Tuck Everlasting Responses**=

Prologue If I had a opportunity to live forever, I would stay as the age I am. I think my age is perfect to live forever, because it is not too young to understand the world, and not too old to work and do complicated stuff. Also we if we stay the same age forever, people would think that we are a genius because we learn hard subjects even though we are young and we would be famous rest of our lifes.It would also be facinating watching and feeling how the world and it's history like technology.

Chapter One The whole chapter one is about the setting and the author's view about it. the author askeed questions about the ownership of land like If a person owns a land, how deep can the person own, like untill it meets other piecescat the center of the earth or own only a thin crust. I think that if a person owns a land, the person only owns the thin crust of it. If a person owns a land, and dig a thosands of kilometers, natural resources will come out but the person paid for the land, not the resource. If a person buys a land, and finds a gold, what should that person do?? I think the person should give the gold to the owner who sold the land. I think this situation is simular as how deep can the person own.......

Chapter two In chapter two, the setting is similer as it is described in the prologe. The setting was described as "and so, at dawn, that day in the first week of August," and the story goes along with Mae Tuck getting ready to meet her sons like she did every ten years. I don;t think there is much too talk about of this chapter;s setting.

Chapter three In chapter three, the setting was described as ".at noon of that same day in the first week of August" and " on a bristly grass just inside the fense" then it goes along the story, which Winnie Foater talks with a toad. I noticed that the setting from each chapter was already written on the prologe.

Chapter four In chapter four, the setting was described as "at sunset of that same long day" and "road from the village and the Foasters' gate" This was also described in the prologe "and at sunset" and "at the Foasters' gate" I think the author well organized the story because first, the setting was organized dawn-noon-and sunset with description about how things happened.

Chapter five Jesse refuses to let Winne drink from the bubbling spring because he didn't want anything to happen to her bad, like he experienced. Jesse and his family didn't grow since they drunk up the water, and their everybody in the world turn their back on them, because they were suspicious, not growing, which turned out to be terrible to the Tuck's family. Jesse thought that that could happen to Winnie, if she drank it so he tried not to make her to, which came out sort of usless. I would done the same thing as Jesse, because it would be better having one person less "painful" and live happly ever after!!!

Chapter six //"...though her heart was pounding and **her backbone felt like a pipe full of cold running water**, her head was fiercely calm."pg32 "Only then did it come to Winnie that she ought to shout, wave her arms, do something"// pg The first quote was located in the book //Tuck Everlasting// on page 32 and the situation was the Tuck family taking her to a safe place to talk about the water that cause the problem. We can know that there really is'nt cold water running down her backbone.I think, the author was trying to explain how scared and nervous she was and .Or maybe she was trying to explain that she was sweaty, because shegot nervous and scared. The author used more of these techniques as "it was like a ribbon tying her to familiar things," whoch, in here I think it meant like remembering the past. I think Winnie did not do things when they came across the stranger along the road, because she was so shocked or she was comforted by the music box that kidnappers won't have those kinds.I would have fight against the strangers because they might be bad and after fighting, I would run away from them...

Chapter seven I think the plan that Jesse is talking about meant life, and his and his family's life isn't going to well because of the bubbling spring. First, before they had drunk the spring, they had a normal life, growing but after drinking, and stop growing that is when "from some other plan for the way the world should be" and "Some plan that didn't work our too good"

Chapter eight The person who has overheard Tuck's secreat was the man they had passed on the road that wore a yellow suit and a gray beard. This character's action creats suspense, because we don't know what this guy is going to do. He can do somrthing that causes something really bad, like trying to murder Tuck's family or tell other people the secreat or do something great like giving a medicine that can cure living forever.

Chapter nine and ten I don't think that the Tuck's house is important in this story. However, surprisingly Babbitt wrote a whole bunch of detailed information about Tuck's house. And all of them has a similar point. They are untidy,just like our house. Here is a phrase I found interesting. "For there was everywhere evidence of their activities, Mae and Tuck's." It could mean another meaning, but I think it meant like after they did something, they didn't cleaned up it, which made Winnie know what they did. Just like my house..Our family gets lazy on normal days, but when ever guests comes, we clean it super fast and clean.. Unlike like Tuck's and my family's house, Winnie's house is well organized."the cottage whre she lived was always squeaking clean,mopped and sweapt and scoured into limp submission" Mae gets confused on whether or not living forever is a curse or a blessing. I think it's both a blessing and a curse. When life goes on smooth as wind, you mostly be happy and comfortable.That is when it is the blessing. However, when life goes on harsh like a sandpaper, you mostly don't want to live anymore and that is when the cursse starts. I think chooseing which 'living forever' is a blessing or a curse depends on your mind, and how you think of it. If you think that life won't get better this distance, and you are going to live bored, you really are going to live like that, because you wouldn't think of great, wonderful thoughts. However,if you turn this upsidedown and look at the possitive ways, you will live like that, because you will always feel hopeful what ever it happens.Which life would you live...????

Chapter 11,12 I think Tuck feels that it is useless living towards eternal life and wants to be 'useful' again.Everything that lives,lives like a wheel, a life cycle.Every thing lives,changes (grow)and die.He said that they are not part of the wheel anymore.He just stays there the same, not changing but just existing there.Tuck described this as "We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road" that means like that they are nothing but useless like rocks,never dies.That just matches the Tuck's situation.They are there, but they never die or change. Miles feels that living forever is terrible, because he devorsed with his life because he didn't change and his wife thought he sold his soul to the devil.Of course, it isn't his fault and he never sold his soul to the devil. Mae, their mother thinks that it is terrible and good, because their friends and other neighbors turned their back on them but she still had Tuck and her family.On the other hand, Jesse tries to think it possitively. He said to Winnie that it is good that we can see the world changing all around us and how that it is wonderful.

Chapter 14 The quote "Listen, Ma and Pa and Miles, they don't know how to enjoy it, what we got. Why, heck, Winnie, life's to enjoy yourself, isn't it?"is on page 72, and Jesse suggests to Winnie to grow untill she is 17, and drink the spring and go away with him. He also suggests to get married and go all around the world, seeing everything and that they would have a good time ever that never stops. I think that Winnie would say yes, because she liked Jesse from the first time, and didn't think that he was crazy or something. However, I think my answer would be no, because someday I would be tired of traveling( I am really lazy, and even though I am not someday it would be tireding.), and I would not to do any thing I want because there are some priviledges adults have, and if you don't get older, no one would believe you.

Chapter 15,16 The first quote "Now, I don't have to spell things out for people like yourselves." was on page 74 and the man in the yellow suit was dealing with the Fosters about bringing back Winnie and giving the wood. The yellow suited man sounded like a con, a smart, experienced con, because he never stopped talking which if he did stop talking, the Fosters would ask questions which would be hard to explain for the yellow suited man, and if he say a wrong thing, he the fosters would know what he's up to. He was pretty intelligent on not stopping talking. I think he was actualy good at talking, because most people, like me stammer when talking, but he said all those quickly and smoothly. I think he is tallented on verbal-linguistic. I thought of him being a con when he was hearing all the things the Tucks were saying about the spring because he smiled, and that made me think of that he is going to be a conflict and he is going to do something about the spring. If he really was a friend with Winnie, I think he is going to take her home for nothing, but since he heard their conversation and got the wood, I think he is going to do something with the Tucks and the spring. The second quote "Would you mind if I rode on ahead? I'm worried for the child. I'll tell you how to get there, and I'll go on ahead and keep watch." was on page 79, and the yellow suited man and the constable were finding Winnie. The constable was fat, lazy, and sleepy and when the yellow suit guy said to come fast, he complained and chewed on the end of his cigar. I think he even didn't have an idea to find Winnie and the Tucks. I think the man with the yellow suit says to hurry up to the constable because the Tucks can take her back home safely before he does and he can't have the wood. I think if I was the constable, I would not help, because I would get annoyed and i know how it feels to go out early waken by somebody. Also, I would suspect the yellow man more, in case he is a criminal.

Chapter 17,18 Miles didn't take his family to the spring because at that time, his family didn't notice about the spring caused the problem.Even though he had, his wife was nearly forty and his children growed theirselves and they'd have a pa close to the same age they was and that was no use. I would also do the same as he did, because it was no use drinking the water, and they would also have to feel the pain that Miles felt because the people thought that Miles sold his soul to the devil and his family would have feel the same pain as he did. I think winnie's conversation with Miles was similar with the conversation with Tuck because they both talked about life. Also they talked in the boat, calmly. However miles talked about his own life and how unlukey his family was. Tuck talked about life and the life cycle and his family and the history. I think Tuck talked ablout the basic facts about life and Miles was the example. Just like father and son; they have similar thoughts but as Angus lived more longer, he thougt deeper and wiser.

Chapter 19,20 The man in the yellow suit and the Tucks argued about the spring and what the man in the yellow suit is going to do about it. I don't agree with the man in the yellow suit and try not to give the spring to what the man in the yellow suit calls "certain others" and himself. I mean, everybody, even ignorant people. This is my opinion, but I think the man in the yellow suit selling the spring is very wrong. Living forever can be different for every people, but I think everybody who would hear this kind of thing selling, they would buy it right away, and I think the people buying it and drinking it is all the seller's fault because the events that the people would buy it and be tired of it would be obviously predictable. Who wouldn't buy those glorious things? That's human nature. Also Tuck said that if people drink it, they would not be in the wheel, and they would be rocks beside a road! I think I can see that he is selfish, discriminates, and very foolish. First, he is bringing back Winnie for his own goods, which is selfish, and he discriminates only selling the spring to rich people, and he is very foolish because he only thinks about the things that would happen close like being rich-I can also tell that he is a slave of money, because he thinks a lot about money-but not the future like being tired living. We should make the man in the yellow suit selling stuff illegal.

Winnie said to Tuck to don't worry and that everything is going to be all right. I think he did not look back at her because he was embarrassed and wasn't sure what to do, because I had some similar situations in my life. However, in the quote, it said "It was as if he were entranced and yes, envious-like a starving man looing through a window at a banquet." Entranced means like to make somebody feel great pleasure and admiration so that they give someone or something their attention, and i think he felt like that because of the man in the yellow suit's body, which he annoyed Tuck and now laying down. On the quote it also said that he was envious, but I am not sure who he was envious of but still, I have two thoughts. First i think he was envious of the man in the yellow suit, because he was looking at him and because of the man in the yellow suit's idea of selling the spring-I hope not-. My second thought was he was envious of Winnie, because Winnie didn't have to worry much as he does and he wishes if he can be Winnie and don't really be responsible or worried about his family and the future. i think he thinks that Winnie just needs to comfort others. If I was in his shoe, I would also feel the same but also embarrassed.

Chapter21 When Winnie killed the wasp with a heavy book slamming with it, she felt sorry for it and she wished if it was alive again. I didn't really have some similar situations like Winnie feeling sorry for killing bugs, but if I imagine when i am in her case, i would be sorry for the bug after hearing all the life and deaths from the Tucks. However, after killing all the bugs that bothered me, especially at mosquitoes in summer, I didn't really felt sorry for them because I thought they really deserved it. Of course, I didn't have any rights murdering or not, and they had to survive by drinking my blood, but still I hated mosquito bites and i was used killing them so i didn't really felt sorry for them. After I read this, I felt a bit guilty about killing them, and sorry. They are also a living thing, and they had to do unavoidability need to drink blood to survive. They weren't doing it to revenge or something. Next time should I let it drink my blood a lot?? I don't know.. Any way..I will always remember the bugs I killed in my life in our prayers. zz

Chapter 22 I think Pa didn't agree Winnie helping mae to escape because he didn't want Winnie to take any risks. Winnie was new and precious to him, so as any people do, they want to save or keep their treasure safe. I think he was thinking of that. Also, he didn't want her having a hard time because of his family. My point of view Winnie helping with Mae's escape is half okay and half not. First, Winnie should do it, because you should help people in social life, and they also helped her. However, Winnie is young, and she needs to be protected. It can be very dangerous walking around at night. The constable said that there wasn't any criminals for years, and that also confuses me. so that means it is okay to come out night because there isn't criminals. It is wrong for Winnie for running away from her house, but it is okay for her to help someone. Isn't it? I'm really confused. However, if I must need to pick one opinion she should go or not, I would choose that she should go, as I am also a reader, I want stories to be exciting and have some suspense like breaking the rule or something, like the character experiencing what we can't do in our life.

Chapter 23,24 I think the quote means that nothing is impossible. Stone walls or iron bars are really hard to break or make them loose, like a paper. However, in this quote, it says that they can't make a prison nor a cage. First, I was very confused about this quote. I though it would be related at Mae. However, I thought it differently, like the movie prison break. Then I thought about Scofield-I don't know the spelling, I can't even find in the dictionary-did a impossible thing at the prison, and I thought that nothing could be impossible in the world. I also thought about the TV advertisement (Addidas) that talked about impossible is nothing. People think that breaking cages or stone walls is impossible, but it is possible, and many other things are also possible.

Chapter 25, Epilogue If I was in Winnie's position, I wouldn't drink the spring. Before I read this story, i thought living forever, was a Fabulous thing, because you can see the changes in the world, and I didn ’ t ’  know much suffering and the feeling of wanting to suicide. However, Looking at the point of the Tucks, I could felt that living forever is a horrible thing to do, such as living like outside of the life cycle, while everything else changes but you don ’ t. Also it would be so annoying when you want to rest, but you can ’ t because you have to earn money and do all those stuff. You’ ll feel that you want to go to heaven (or you ’ ll probably go to the other side) and stop. Someday people would die, and that's the rule and I want to follow that rule. It's safe that you can die anytime. Someday, everything would need to stop.