5D+Jasmine+Lim

Prologue

//Question #1:// //**If you could live forever, staying at the age that you are now, would you choose to live forever? Why or why not?**//

If I have a choice to live forever or not, I would choose to //not// live forever. Here are some reasons for this. First of all, when you are just living forever, you will see your family dying. It doesn't have to be your family, everyone. If that repeats over and over, everyone you know will soon die; which is very bad. Also, if you see all those "dying" or if you get sick, you might want to just die if it is the only way to ease your pain. Second of all, if you stay looking like a fifth grader forever but your age is more than a hundred years old, people will really think you are weird or crazy or something. You might have to spend rest of your life in a hospital.(Probably) Lastly, living forever because of the water isn't the "forever way". Believing your religion and going to heven is the "forever way." (That's just what I think) So because of these reasons, I won't choose to live forever.

//Question #2
 * In the prologue, the author describes three things that happen on one day and seem unrelated. What are those three things?**//

In the prologue, the aurthor describes three things. They are about three people who are not related to each other. The first one is that Mae Tuck was going to meet her two sons. The second one is that Winnie Foster decided to run away because she lost her patience. The third one is that somebody appeared at the Fosters' Gate and was searching for someone.

=Chapter 1= //Question #1://

//**Explain the author's views and then express your feelings about land ownership.**//

The author's views on land ownership are that owning land is complicated and not that agreeable. For example if somebody found gold in the forest they own, the person who owned the land before that person might come and say that they own the part of the gold because they used to own it.

I think owning land is good because if you don't have land, no money, no hose for you. Another reason is that I think it is good to divide land and got your own piece of land.

//Question #2://
 * //Although we are not told, suggest reasons why it may have been a disaster if the spring had been discovered by people.//**

It may have been a disaster if the spring had been discovered by people, because if you drink the spring and when you live forever, almost everyone will drink the water. And as the time passes, lots of population will grow and there might be even no space for anyone. Therefore it means that no space for people living, some people might have to get murdered. Of course there are some good reasons. For example, everybody could always see their grandchildren. But in the future there might be no space for even your grandchild if this keeps on happening; everybody will be filling up the Earth.

=Chapter 2&3=

//Question#1://**//Take a few minutes to contemplate Winnie's quote at the top of page 15. If you could start fresh, making your own decisions about your life, what are some changes you would make? Please write about at least 2-3 changes and organize your response in paragraphs.//**

If I can start fresh, making decisions about my life, there are some changes I would like to make in my life. First of all, I would like to change my name. Not Jasmine, not Jasmine Lim. Something like Ashley Lim. I wo to change my name because lots of my friends tease me with my name such as saying I am in love with aladdin or I am a **//tea//**.(Jasmine Tea) and people say "I drank you yesterday." And many other silly nicknames. Probably, another thing that I would like to change about my life when I get a chance is learnig art. I really like art but my life now dosn't have time for Art Academy. I like art because you can be free on the paper and there is no right or wrong answer in art. You can get as much creative as you want, and when you are done with it and you see it, like me; you may feel pud. It doesn't matter if it is bad; it onlyr art work. Another change that I would make if I have a chance about 'new life' is that I would have a play day once a week. It is not that I don't have it or I don't have it enough, (I do have playdays) I would a bigger one like sleep overs. It is becauan get close to your friends more by sleep over. Getting to know each other a lot is not a chance that comes a lot. I think MAKING a time is good. If these can come true, I would definitely change my life.

=Chapter4=

Question #1: //**What is Winnie doing as the stranger approaches the Foster gate?**// //Winnie Foster was trying to catch a fire-fly when the stranger approaches. // //Question #2:// **//Why does Winnie's grandmother come down the path to the gate?//** //Winnie Foster’s grandmother came down the path to the gate because she heard Winnie Fred talking to a stranger and she got a little bit worried. // //Question #3: **Winnie and her grandmother have different views about what is making the music. Explain.** // //Winnie Foster and her grandmother have different views about the music. Winnie Foster’s grandmother thought it was the sound of the elf and Winnie Foster thought that it is a sound of a music box. // //Question #4: **What is your first impression of this stranger? Make a prediction regarding the role he will play in the story.** // //My first impression of this stranger was not very good. I think he is odd and bad because he asks **__peculiar__** questions which is unusual such as ‘ I am looking for a person. A family. Do you know about any forests?’ and so on and so forth. // //What I think that he’s role will be in this book Tuck Everlasting, He will be the one looking for the water. The water that If you drink, you will be alive forever.//

=Chapter 5=

Question # 1: **In this chapter Jesse refuses to let Winnie drink from the bubbling spring. Why does he do that? Would you have done the same thing or would you have let her drink from it? Explain your opinion in a complete paragraph.**

In this chapter Jesse refuses to let Winnie drink from the bubbling spring. Why does he do that? Would you have done the same thing or would you have let her drink from it? Explain your opinion in a complete paragraph.In this chapter, Jesse refuses to let Winnie Foster drink from the bubbling spring. Jesse Tuck didn't let Wnnie Foster drink the bubbling spring because Jesse Tuck didn't want Winnie Foster to know about the secret of the spring; that you can live forever once you drink it.If I were Jesse Tuck, I would let Winnie Foster drink from the bubbling spring because the forest owner is the Foster's family and Jesse Tuck does not own it,Second of all, I don't think living forever is such a bad idea; it might have good reasons too, such as having a friend forever. I might tell her the truth about the bubbling spring and let no one else drink the spring that once you drink, you will live forever.

=Chapter 6=

//Question #1://**Why do you think Winnie did not do something when they came across the stranger along the road? Would you have done something? Why or why not? Please explain in a complete paragraph.** I think Winnie did not yell for help even though she could have because when they kidnapped her, they said that they won't hurt her. Another reason is that Winnie knew that it was the Fosters' kidnapping her. The third reason is because the kidnappers wern't like what Winnie Foster thought. They wern't in groups, have mustach, and big; they made Winnie kind of comfortable. And she couldn't yell for help because her mind went blank because she was very suprized.

//Question #2:**What type of figurative language does Babbitt use in this quote?:**//

//"...though her heart was pounding and __her backbone felt like a pipe full of cold running water__, her head was fiercely calm."//
//**Was there really cold water running down her backbone? What is Babbitt trying to say here? Where else in the story so far has the author used this type of figurative language? (Can you find two?) Copy the quote (include the page in parenthesis) and tell us what you think the author is trying to describe.**// I think the type of figurative language is simile because having the word 'like or as' is similie. And no, they wern't any cold water running down her backbone. I think she means that Winnie Foster is very nervous, scared and afraid about what is happening to her. I found 2 figurative language that Babbit and they are 1) her throat closed and her mouth went dry as a paper.(pg.34) She is describing that her throat and mouth got very dried. 2)The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris weel when it pauses in its turning." (pg.3)
 * I think she is telling the most hottest time during the summer.

=Chapter 7=

__Question # 1: __ **In a complete paragraph, please describe the setting of __Tuck Everlasting__. You may need to review details from earlier chapters in the book. Make sure that you use quotation marks if you quote anything directly from the book.** I think the setting of __Tuck Everlasting__ is on the 1800 because they ride a lot of horse and walking. The car never showed up untill approximately 1900s. And by how Natalie Babbitt describes the setting, I can kind of see the forest and nature all alive and clean by just reading the book. and I think because of the main point of these story is the spring in the forest, I think this made me think more that the setting of this book is the old days. __ //Question #2:// __ **"'Pa thinks it's something left over from-well, from some other plan for the way the world should be," said Jesse. 'Some plan that didn't work out too good...'" What does Jesse mean? What could this 'plan' have been? In your description, make sure you connect the bubbling spring to your opinion of the 'plan' Jesse and Angus are referring to. Your answer to this question should be at least one paragraph.**

I think the god made the spring because he decided to give chance to let them live forever. Maby the God secretly hidden it in the treegap and who ever finds it and drink it, they get the luck to live forever(if they want to live forever it is luck but if you don't want to live forever it is badluck!) The second quote, "Some plan that didn't work out too good..." means that some plans that they thought did not work out too good.

=Chapter 8=

Question # 1: **At the end of the chapter we learn that someone has overheard the Tuck's secret. Who was it that overheard the secret? How have the actions of this character created suspense, or tension, in the plot (throughout the story)? Give specific examples from the story so far.**

At the end of the chapter we learn about someone has overheard the Tuck's secret. The person who over heard is a guy with yellow suift which Winnie saw at the front gate. The actions of this character that makes suspense or a tense is when he decided to spy them.After he overed the secret of Tuck's, he had a grin on his face.

=Chapter 9=

Question # 1: **By this chapter, we have read a lot of dialogue involving the Tucks. Here are some examples of incorrect grammar that the Tucks have used in their conversations: "It don't take 'em more'n a minute to pile into that pond." "How do, Winnie Foster." "We was like gypsies."** **Explain why you think the Tucks talk like this and try to come up with reasons how this shows us more about their characters. This should be written as a complete paragraph.**

I think the Tucks speak with incorrect grammar because they drank the bubbling spring that would make you live forever. The Tucks lived for over a hundred years, and I think that the Tucks didn't re-learn all the grammar every time that it changed. I could tell from different old books that the people spoke differently than from now. Howdy, like gypsies [OH MY GOSH! SIMILE! : ) ] and other kinds of words can be good for us because we can learn or just at least see how people used grammar before us. Also maybe the Tucks were not rich enough to go to school hundred years ago.

=Chapter 10=

Question # 1: **How does Babbitt describe the Tuck home? How does that differ from Winnie's home? Your home? Write a complete paragraph. Please incorporate some quotes from the book.**

I think that Babbitt describes Tuck's home like a old-dusty-nonclear--ish place. It made me think of that because they say this "An ancient green sofa lolled alone in the center, like yet another mossy follen log, facing a soot streaked fireplaces still deep in last winter's ashes." "Green sofa lolled alone in the sener" made me think of that more. What kind of a house will have a sofa hanging in the middle unless its old? Winnie's house and Tuck's house are totally different. Winnie Foster's parent care sooo muck about how clean there house should be clean and not even let a single dust in their house. The Tuck family descibed as the owner is careless; they said "The plates and cups are stacked without any care so it might fall down." It is very different from my house becasue like Winnie's parents, my parents don't like our house getting dirty. (I mean, who would? : ) Plus, I am very very happy that my house is clean. And.. I am about to use a personification and it is........ I am happy that my house is alive!

=Chapter 11-12= = =     Question # 1: //On page 59, what does Tuck mean when he says, "I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread."//

On page 59, when the Tuck says **//__" I got a feeling this whole thing is going to come apart like wet bread."__//** He means that the plan that they made will end up not helping or that the plan won't work out like how they thought. Question #2: //There are Soooo many examples of figurative language in Chapter 12.. Please find 5. Write the quote, the page number, the type of figurative language, and an explanation of what the author is trying to say.// Yes, there are soooo many examples of figurative language in Chapter 12. : ) I found 5 example with a page number, type of figurative language and an explanation of what the author is trying to say. They are...

1. "We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road." (Pg.64):Simile- I think that Babbitt is trying to say that that they are like rocks, don't die... stay untill the end of the world.

2. "If people knowed about the spring there in the Treegap, they will all come running like a pigs to slopes." (pg.64):Simile- I think that Babbitt is trying to express that when the spring was known to everyone, they would all come as sooooon as they hear about the "live forever bubbling spring," like a pig seeing the slopes. -_-; pigs ♡ food.

3."The bullfrog spoke again, and from behing them, far back in some reedy, secret place, another bull frog answered." (pg.61): personification- A bull frog can not speak. I think Babbitt is trying to express that the bullfrog made a ribbit sound behind them.

4. "The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, and its double trembled on the surface of the pond like color spilled from a paint box." (pg.60) Simile- The pond and the color from the paint box are being compared.

5. "And Winnie, looking down, saw hosts of tiny insects skittering and skatin gon the surface." (pg.61)- personification. I think that it means that hosts of tiny insects were flying on the surface of the pond while Winnie was being stationary and looking at the pond.

=Chapter 13-14= __Question # 1: __ **"We ain't part of the wheel no more." "If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I'd do it in a minute." "We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road." What are Tuck's (Angus') feelings towards eternal life? What does he mean by the third quote from above? Compare his feelings to those of the other Tucks' (Miles, Jesse, and Mae).**

Angus feels very bored and sad about his eternal life. If he had the chance, Angus wants to die. He is very bored of living until the world ends. In the third phrase, Angus means that they (the Tucks) are just like rocks because people just go by them without observing. Angus thinks that he is nothing more than a rock with no life or even no death.  Like rocks, the Tucks can't change or do anything. Like Angus, Miles and Mae feel bad about living forever. Miles lost his family because they thought he was the devil, and Mae also feels like living forever is not good. But Jesse feels differently because he tells Winnie that they can enjoy living forever, for example going around the world. __<span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Question #2: __<span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> **Imagine that the Tucks are everlasting and still wandering the earth. Write a description of them if they came into your town this year. Describe where you might see them, what they would be doing, and how you would recognize them.** If the Tucks were still wandering in the Earth and came to my town, I would recognize them by seeing a good-looking family. In the book, it says that they are very good-looking. I would recognize them by their house too. A dirty house with every little things that are so old since if the Tucks are still around, they should be over 200 years old. I would even recognize by where their house is placed: wood. Their house is in the wood. I think that the Tucks family would be in front of the bubbling spring and talking about how they can get released of their curse and die. If the Tucks came to Seoul, I would probably see them in a mart shopping. I may see them in YangJaechun because it's a place where people like to walk around and exercise. They might be skating or swimming because it's the same thing people did 200 years ago. I would recognize them because they would a good-looking family with unhappy faces except with one person.

=Chapter 15= //Question #1:// What do we learn about the man in the yellow suit? Give at least two examples from this chapter that show what kind of person he really is.

I think the man in the yellow suit is pretty smart because lots of people would tell the man where Winnie and her family lives and find out the bubbling spring and sell it to people. Few examples that I can know he's personality are_ 1. "We'd be good friends, I think. Why, the little girl and I, we're friends already....."
 * I can tell that he is lying because I could just tell by the book that it's not the Foster's family they are targeting, It is the bubbling spring that is in a forest and the forest is owned by the Foster's family.

//<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Question #1: //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * What do we learn about the man in the yellow suit? Give at least two examples from this chapter that show what kind of person he really is.**

I think the man in the yellow suit is little clever because most of people would tell where is Winnie but he knows the secret and he wants the spring. There are few examples that I can know how he's personality. Babbitt wrote,"He sat back in his chair in the Fosters' spotless parlor, crossing his long, thin gling." I think he is little rude because he didn't even ask to Fosters that can he sit. Also, there is another example," We'd be good friends, I think. Why, the little girl and I, we're friends already...." I think he is lying because I didn't thought that he was friend with Winnie. I can not believe the man in the yellow suit is trading the girl and the forest just for the bubbling spring.

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Question #2: //
 * Why do you think he wants to make this deal with the Fosters?**

I think the man in the yellow suit wants to make a deal called "Trading". Since, Winnie's parents are worried about Winnie Foster, the man in the yellow suit will promise with them that he will tell when the Fosters' give the forest to the man in the yellow suit. The man in the yellow suit actually don't want the forest, he just wants to have the forever leaving bubbling spring. I think the man wishes to sell the spring and get moneys becasue lots of people would (might) want to live forever.

//Question #3//: **In your opinion, why do you think Babbitt didn’t write the dialogue for the Fosters.** <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">

I think Babbitt decided not to write a single diaglougs for the Fosters because in this chaper, (15) the man with th yellow suit is the most important boy, Babbitt barely talked about the Tucks and the Fosters; I think that means the man in the yellow suit will do something that we don't expect.

=Chapter 16= //Question #1://
 * In this chapter, the costable talks about the gallows. Why do you think Babbitt makes the constable talk about the gallows? And what is the possible hint is that will happen to Tuck?**

In this chapter the costable(I finally memorized it!) talkes about the gallows. I think Babbitt wrote so that the constable because the man in the yellow suit has a gun. Therefore, constable said that he would kill Mae for hitting the yellow suited man with a shot gun. But Mae can't go to the gallow and die because she can't die.

=Chapter 17=

Question #1: **How was Winnie's conversation with Miles similar to her conversation with Angus? How was it different?**

The conversation with Miles was similar to Angus's conversation because they were all talking about how they will regret it if they drink the water. They all talk about the curse on the water and that it would be boring and only the same scene they will see. The different part was that Angus said that "We are like the rocks beside the road" Even though there topic was the same, Miles did not talk about them being rocks beside the road.

Question #2: //Why didn't Miles have his family drink from the spring? What would you have done if you were in his shoes?//

Miles didn't let her family drink from the bubbling spring because Miles really regret it. Miles totally felt that he is not enjoying the "forever life" that he is having. The real reason that says directilly in the book is that he's father, Angus Tuck said that it was better for it to be a secret from the others. Another reason is becasue if they drink the bubbling spring Miles and his sons age will be almost the same and MIles thinks ther is no difference having a son older then him. I think I would have not tell a bit of it to my family if I were in his shoes. I think that I will [|sacrifice] for them. Totally. I would do that. I will tell them that if they drink it, they will have to say bye-bye to the world. (I don't want to say the "D" word!) If they drink it, I still won't tell the secret, untill they figure out..

Question #1: **After reading chapter 22, in your own words, describe the plan to help Mae escape. (Be specific.) Do you think it's a good plan? Why or why not?**

Here are the plan that they planed to help Mae escape by most of the work done by Mile. Since he is a good carpenter he is going to undo the window. After undoing the window, the window will fall out and have a hole to escape. Winnie Foster volenteered thatshe would help Mae get out she will go in and put Mae's blanket which will help her look big; so that Miles have enough time to put the window back in time and give time to escape from the jail because Winnie like the Tuck's and really wanted to help. I think the plan is bad becasue changing spots with Mae is very dangerous. What if the costable comes and finds out? She might be in the jail untill she dies for Mae! I think If I were them, I would bring a chair and put it in the jail and cover it with a balnket. I think this is a good idea because nobody will put the chair in the jail but people might put Winnie in the jail!

Question #2: **In Chapter 23, Babbitt describes many emotions (feelings) that Winnie is experiencing at the same time. Describe two emotions (feelings) that Winnie is experiencing and //use examples from the book as your proof//. Describe a time when you also experienced these two emotions at the same time.**

In chapter 23, one example of emotioned that Winnie experience was being impatient. The book says, "Once she had hidden Jesse's bottle in a Buru drawer, there was nothing to do but wait." I means that Winnie was thinking about what Jesse said, drink the water from Jesse's bottle in the Bureau drawer when she turnes 17 and marry Jesse. But since she is not 17 years old yet, she has to wait 6 more years for that.

Another example is when she feels guilty. She didn't commit a crime but she kind of predicts that she will.. and she does. Well..she didn't really COMMIT a CRIME.. But still if a police says that Mae has to go to the jail, she has too. I know that this IS mean //and// peculiar(: P) but you're not supposed to help them escape in real life! In the book, it says " Beneath her excitement, she was filled with guilt" This tells you for sure that she felt guilty.

Well, I felt guilty a lot of time. It is not that I did something sooo mean, I even felt impatient because I wanted my friend back!! And I was very sad~it just means that I did something wrong. I am pretty sure no one is perfect. Wishing that nobody reads this wiki [ : / ], I will tell you my story. (But seriously! I know that this was wrong and I apologized a LOT!.. so~ don't get me wrong!) Well, it was when I was in my old school, I had friend, BFF, we were like one body. You can't see Jasmine Lim without Christy Lim. It was like Christine Lim! =3 But a new girl who came to school took over her! Well, Christy wanted to be my friend but that new weird mean girl didn't let her play with me! Eventually, I got so mad, I couln't stand it anymore. I just couldn't. So I told my X-BFF to meet me at a bathroom after school and told every single secret about the new girl. I really wanted my friend back! When Christy said "Really?" I felt kinda good but after I rode my bus, I felt guilty. Not just guilty! SOOO guilty! I just felt so~ bad! Well, the new girl heard it and we were ALMOST in a big fight but I just said that I was sorry and I have never been so sorry like this time before. The new girl said that it was ok giving me a smile. So after that, it was not like only Christy and Jasmine being BF, the new girl was our new best friend. Since we were great friend and we don't have that much of a bad memory, and she is a good friend, I will tell her name, Yoo-jin jung. (It is not the Yoo-jin from 5B~!) And one more time, seriously, don't get me wrong!_)

=Chapter 24~Epilouge=

Question 1: **In your own words, describe how the weather changes from the beginning of the chapter to the end of the chapter**.

Weather changes from the beginning of the chapter to the end of the chapter. When troubles happen, the weather gets darker like a storm comes and the rain comes. When the story is normal or peaceful, the weather is nice and often balmy. (Do I get a point for that? : P) The book says that it is usually in August and most of the time, it is HOT. Babbitt describes the weather as "hot and breathless." or "My throat is dry as dust". It means that it is hot and is hard to breathe because of such hot weather. And it was hot so the throat felt dry. But, I think at the first couple pages of this chapter, it is the end of Autumn and almost there for starting a new season.. I think it is Autumn because it is not usual for being stormy and rainy which happens.

Question 2: **How is the weather in this chapter connected to the major events in the chapter? __Be specific and use examples from the book as proof.__**

The weather in this chapter is connected to the major events in the chapter. One major event that happened in this chapter was the spring being gone. Since something bad happens, here it comes, bad weather. I have a proof for this which is.."Sure," said the counterman. "Had a big electrical storm, though about three years ago now or there abouts. Big tree got hit by lightning, split right down the middle. Caught fire and everything. Tore up the ground, too. Had to bulldoze her all out."

= = Question 3: **In the epilogue we learn that the spring was destroyed. How do you think Mae and Tuck feel about that? How do you feel about that? How do you feel about the spring being destroyed?**

In the epilogue, we learned that the spring was destroyed. I think Mae and Tuck feel happy but a bit sad because they can think of all the old memory with Winnie Foster only in the forest because that is where the major events happened. The Tucks are happy because since the bubbling spring is destroyed, nobody can have the boring and sad "Forever Life" except for the Tuck's. I think Mae Tuck and Angus are happier than their other family members because they were so worried like a person who never learns to enjoy their life because of worries.

I feel kind of surprised by the wood catching on fire because I didn't know that this will happen because it was the major setting. Well, I have one question, how would the story end if the Tree Gap was not on fire and it still remained? I really want to imagine; probably Winnie Foster drinks the special spring water and meets Jesse? And I think this answers the next question, "How do you feel about the spring being destroyed?". I will summarize it and it is.. I feel surprised about the forest catching on fire. I was even disappointed because I was expecting a happy ending, but it ended with the forest getting on fire and Winnie dying of her own age.

In Loving Memory Winifred Foster Jackson Dear Wife Dear Mother 1870~1948

=Comparison of the Book and the Movie=

1. List three **__major__** differences between the book and the movie.

By seeing the movie, I could tell that there are some parts that are different from the movie. First of all, the movie didn't show the big, gigantic storm coming and destroying the forest even though the book told it specifically saying "Sure," said the counter man." Had a big electrical storm, though, about three years ago now or there abouts. Big tree got hit by lightning, split right down the middle. Caught fire and everything. Tore up the ground too. Had to bulldoze her all out." Second of all, the book says that Miles saves Mae Tuck by breaking the jail and making a space for her to come out, but in this movie, Winnie tells the counter man that the Tucks are going to kill her and make him go out. She gets the key for the jail very fast and helps Angus Tuck and Mae Tuck get out. The movie said that Winnie lived from 1899 to 1999 but at the Epilogue, it said that Winnie Foster lived from 1870 to 1948.

2. Why do you think the movie had these differences? (Be specific.)

I think the director of this movie had these differences because maybe he didn't under stand the book very well. Who knows?! Maybe he didn't have enough money for the storm part because it sure does take a whole lot of money to make a movie. Maybe he made some changes to make us use our brain a little bit. Like I did, I went to [|www.tuckeverlasting.com]! Maybe he wanted some of the visitors coming. Try to click [|HERE] which will take you to the website. I linked it!!

3. Which version (the book or the movie) did you like better and why?

I like both but I would prefer the book if I had to choose one. Well, I had a hard time choosing because I like the characters, especially 'Jesse,' He was very good-looking except for him staring like the toad with no emotion. I liked the book better because it had more details. No offense to the director of the 'Tuck Everlasting' movie because I know that those kinds of scenes are harder than just writing it down. Let's get back to our subject. I love the book! In the movie, I really really seriously wanted to see the wood catching on fire. Well, I hope they make a NEW VERSION with ALL the details in it.