Tuck Everlasting By Natalie Babbitt
Response Essay
If you had the chance to live forever, would you take it? In the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, one of the main characters, Winnie, faces this decision. Right away you might think living forever would be marvelous, but sometimes we need to slow down and think about our decisions. You should not make decisions too fast. It may seem like a perfect idea at the time, but in the future it might not turn out like you thought it would. Before I read this book, I thought living forever would be great. Tuck Everlasting has definitely influenced the way I think. I believe children fear death and have the urge to live forever. For instance, when Tuck talks about the wheel of life, Winnie says that she does not want to die. However, adults have learned how to tolerate death. This is why Tuck does not like his life and wishes there could be a heaven for him. …show more content…
I believe Winnie made the right decision about not drinking the water from the spring. If she drank from the water, she would never get any older and everyone around her would grow older and pass away. Any new relationships formed or friends she met would eventually pass away, and she would experience loss continuously. Winnie would end up having a sad and boring life just like Angus Tuck. I think it is burden to live forever, because you have to live through everything that happens in the world. This includes both the good and bad. You would also probably end up wasting all the time you have by taking advantage of it. For example, you would start to put things off more because you know you have nothing but time on your hands. Then, you would never do anything important in your life. The decisions you make can affect others along with
If you had the chance to live forever, would you take it? In the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, one of the main characters, Winnie, faces this decision. Right away you might think living forever would be marvelous, but sometimes we need to slow down and think about our decisions. You should not make decisions too fast. It may seem like a perfect idea at the time, but in the future it might not turn out like you thought it would. Before I read this book, I thought living forever would be great. Tuck Everlasting has definitely influenced the way I think. I believe children fear death and have the urge to live forever. For instance, when Tuck talks about the wheel of life, Winnie says that she does not want to die. However, adults have learned how to tolerate death. This is why Tuck does not like his life and wishes there could be a heaven for him. …show more content…
I believe Winnie made the right decision about not drinking the water from the spring. If she drank from the water, she would never get any older and everyone around her would grow older and pass away. Any new relationships formed or friends she met would eventually pass away, and she would experience loss continuously. Winnie would end up having a sad and boring life just like Angus Tuck. I think it is burden to live forever, because you have to live through everything that happens in the world. This includes both the good and bad. You would also probably end up wasting all the time you have by taking advantage of it. For example, you would start to put things off more because you know you have nothing but time on your hands. Then, you would never do anything important in your life. The decisions you make can affect others along with