5A-Sally+KIm-TuckResponces

Tuck Everlasting Responses
//__Prologue__// I would not like to live forever at my age. If I know that I will live forever, I wouldn't live my life to the fullest. I will mostly be relaxed because there is always tomorrow to make up for it. Also, I will have a hard time making friends, because I know that they will leave me someday. So I wouldn't care for a person deep down in my heart, knowing they will die someday and leave me all alone. In fact, I wouldn't even be able to fall in love with anyone. Because it would hurt to see my lover dying before me. Even my children will die before me. Also, I might become fat if I know that I will live forever. The only reason I am not eating ramen noodle and meat everyday is because I know that they are not good for my health. If I know that I won't die, I will eat all the junk food without controling myself. It won't hurt my health, but it will make me fat. The most important reason I don't like to live forever is to appreciate life. I want to be thankful for my life.

//__Chapter 1__// Babbitt gives her view about land ownership during the first chapter. Describe the author's views, and then state your own views on this topic.

The Author views the ownership of land as an odd thing because it is hard to tell the boundary. When you own a piece of land, how deep do you own? The author is right. In my point of view, how deep you own is not important. To me, owning a land means having the safest way to make money. When a person owns a land, he or she can plant things to make profit. This is the healthiest way to make money. When the soil becomes rich, more things can grow in a land. Livestocks can be raised in a land as well. So, the ownership of land means working hard and having the best profit.

//__Chapter 2__// In prologue there is also the same explanation about Mae Tuck and her sons in the first week of August at dawn. "And so, at dawn, that day in the first week of the August...(9)" it is clear that the story time is in summer. "...at the edge of the village of Treegap." explains that the setting takes place in the Treegap wood.

__//Chapter 3//__ "At noon of that same day in the first week of August,...(13)" explains that the setting is in the summer in the same day of chapter 2. "...fewyards away across the road.(13)" and "...sat on the bristly grass just inside the fence...(13)" explain that the place is a yard with fences and grass.

//__Chapter4__// "At sunset of that same long day(17)" and "Then the moon rose.(21)" explains that the setting is the same day as chapter 2 and chapter 3. " "at the Foster's Gate(17)" means the setting took at Winnie's house's gate.

//__Chapter 5__// Jesse refuses to let Winnie to drink from the bubbling spring because Winnie is going to live forever and never grow once she drinks from the bubbling. Jess is not happy having an eternal life and don't want Winnie to regret for living forever, too. If I was Jesse, I would do the same thing, because I also don't want Winnie to be unhappy and regret living forever and never die. I would not want Winnie to get judged she is wichcrafted and had black magic like Tucks.

//__Chapter 6__// 1. No, her backbone felt like pipe full of cold doesn't mean she really had water running down her back -bone. Babbit used this expression to tell that Winnie was feeling nervous and scared. Winnie was so scared and nervous that she had a shrill as if the water was runnung down her backbone. In the book there are also other descriptions. On page 25 the sentence, "And he seemed so glorious to Winnie that she lost her heart at once." doesnt mean Winnie don't have her heart anymore. This describes Winnie likes Jesse that her heart was beating so fast. Another descriptive sentece," So, the sun riding high in the sky, they started off again..." is on page 44. This sentence tells the time is noon. Babbit used a lot of this type of description instead of the words like noon,scared, nervous,shrill,and like to make readers to think. Reading is thinking!!! 2. Winnie did't get to ask for help because she had so much things in her mind that her mind went blank. Winnie also was nervous and scared. This must have paniced her to think of asking for help. If I was Winnie, I would ask for help. When I get kidnapped, I will not panic and think a way to get help. I would have shouted and screamed for help because I would know the stranger. Also the stranger was friendly and kind to Winnie a day ago.

//__Chapter Seven__// //"'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...'"// The plan here was the God's plan of human living forever. Eventually the God changed his plan, but there were some left over of the plan. The left over if the bubbling spring . The bubbling spring might have been the God's way to live forever before the God changed his plan. Luckily the bubbling spring was left, and God doesn't know it.

//__Chapter Eight__// The stranger in yellow suit who came to Foster's house overheard everything. The stranger gives the readers to give tension. This part makes readers to wonder ' Is the strager uses the bubbling spring to let him live forever and tell this news to people.' Also the last sentece in the beginig made readers to ''wonder why would he satisfy?' When Winnie saw the stranger, I wondered ' Why is stranger there and what is he doing.' This also made me to worry that the strager finds Tucks and make a big trouble.

__//Chapters Nine and Ten//__ 1. Babbit describes deataily about the Tuck's home. Winnie thinks Tuck's home is kind of dirty and messy compared to her house. Babbit describes that Winnie's house was squeaking clean because Winnie mops and swept the house. My home is also different from Tuck's home. I live in a high apartment. My house has more than three rooms, hallways come first, dishes are not stacked, don't have pond like Tuck's house.

2. I think Tuck's house is cursed because living forever is miserble as I said in //__Response Chapter 1__//. Also, all the people in Tuck's are unhappy and miserble having enternal lives. When miseble things happen, we say that it is cused.

//__Chapter 14__//

Jesse suggests Winnie to drink the bubbling water when she turns into seventeen, and runaway with him to marry him. "...you could go and drink some, and then you could go away with me!" (72) Winnie would say 'yes' because she likes Jesse. "And he seemed so glorious to Winnie that she lost her heart at once." (25). She has no problem with living forever. She once said, "I don't want to die." (63)But if I were her, I would reject him. As you can see in my prologue response, I think living forever only fill our lives without purpose. I think living with one person for a long time would be boring and tiring. Also I will have to see my parents and friends all leaving me and I won't go to the heaven forever.

//__Chapter 15 and 16__//

1. The man in the yellow suit was in hurry, so he can get to the Tucks' house before Tucks move to the different place. "The sooner we get there, the sooner that child will be with them again." (76) and "So, I 'll go on ahead, and wait..."

2.The constable suspected him for rushing too much about getting Winnie and did't get Winnie the first time he saw Winnie getting kidnapped."Maybe you're in cahoots with the kidnappers, how do I know?" (77) "You should of reported it right off, when you saw her get snatched. The man in the yellow suit was in hurry because he wanted to get the Foster's wood as quick as possible and get to the Tucks before they leave to the differant place. If I was constable,I would suspect like the constable because I'm likely to doubt with the words and actions the men in the yellow suit does.

__//Chapter 17 and 18//__

1. Miles did't take his family to the spring becausesTuck didn't know about the spring water untill Miles's family left Miles. He thought he would find his family but he did't know where their family are. If I was Miles I would do the same thing because, I would't know where my family are. 2. Miles's conversation with Winnie was similar with Angus because he understood Winnie and told to her gently. He also talked about how was his life when he didn't drink the spring water and when he drank some. Miles told to Winnie about dying.

//__Chapter 19 and 20__//

1. No, I don't agree with the man in the yellow suit because if the men does his plan, all the living creatures would soon live forever. When the man sells the spring water to the rich people, the rich people might sell or share with other people. Then, the more and more people would get the spring water. Soon, some animals or plants will get the water.

2. Tuck didn't expect Mae to be tough like hiiting the man in the yellow suit with the gun because for more than eighty years Tuck knew Mae as not violent. If I was Tuck, I would be surpeized like him because she was very gentle and woman like woman untill she saw the man in the yellow suit.

__//Chapter 21//__

Winnie felt regretful, confused, and sympathized. She first felt regretful for killing the wasp. As soon as Winnie realized the wasp was dead for real, she had wished it was alive again. "...she had wished it were alive again. She had wept for that wasp." (110) Then, Winnie sympyrhized for Mae. She questioned, "'Was Mae weeping now for the man in the yellow suit?'"(110) Lastly, Winnie felt confused whether Mae's murder was right or wrong. "' In spite of her wish to spare the world, did she wish he were alive again? There was no way ot knowing. But Mae had done what she thought she had to do." I've once killed a small fruit fly because it was keep annoying me. I did't feel sorry for the small fruit fly, but I regreted that my hands got dirty. After I washed my hand, I felt better that the fly was gone.

__//Chapter 22//__

//"Yep-you know, it might work. It might just make the difference. But I don't know as Pa's going to want you taking any risk."//

At this point Jesse is talking with Winnie about her helping with Mae's escape. First, discuss why Pa might not agree to having Winnie help with the escape (his point of view!). Second, what is your point of view towards Winnie helping with Mae's escape? Explain your opinion.

Pa, Angus, does not want Winnie to help Tucks because Angus worries that Winnie might get in to trouble. Angus will think Winnie might get in to trouble like being arrested or hung on the gallow when the constable catch Winnie helping Tuck to help Mae to escape. Also, Winne will be caught becasue she told Jesse that she would be in the prison pretending to be Mae while Mae escapes. "...I'll climb in an take her place. I can wrap myself up in her balnket,.... That will give the him to get away! You'd have at least till morning." My point of view is similar to Angus. If I was Angus, I woul't allow Winnie to be caught by the constable because I am sure Winnie would get into serious trouble.

Chapter 23 and 24

//Nor iron bars a cage."//
Explain what this quote means and why it came into Winnie's head in chapter twenty-four.

I think this quote means the prisoners don't make the prison or they will know how to escape. Also, I think this quote means the special people make this prison instead of normal workers. This came to Winnie's head because she was afraid Miles might not open the bar window of the prison because the prison is made by special people who has a special skill.

Chapter 25 and Epilogue

//Good girl," he said aloud.//

Tuck seems happy that Winnie chose not to drink the water from the spring. What would you have done if you were in Winnie's position? Would you have drank the water? Have the points that Tuck, Miles, and Jesse state to Winnie influenced your point of view? Explain using examples.

I would have not drank the water like Winnie because I've already written in the prolouge respose that I would never live forever because living forever is misreble. I also wouldn't get to go to the heaven. Tuck's point of view had influenced me not to make the decision of not to drink the water. His explaination about not being in the life cycle is like he doesn't have any life or value. "But, dying os the part of the wheel." (63) and "We ain't part of the wheel drop off."