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Winnie: Comparing The Book And Movie
What if you could live forever? For the Tucks they could. It is written by Natalie Babbitt that won the Christopher award. It is now a major motion picture movie from Walt Disney pictures. Also, the book and the movie have many similarities.

The character names in the movie and the book are the same.In addition, there is an odd person in the book who nobody knows his name so he is called the man in the yellow suit and he wears a yellow suit and hat with a long beard and long fingers which he is dressed the same in the book and the movie. There's a quote in both movie and book where Angus Tuck takes Winnie on a boat ride and talks to her about living forever. ¨We are like rocks on the side of a stream¨,said Angus Tuck. In addition, there are many differences in the movie and book. …show more content…
The spring is what makes the Tucks live on forever, because they drank from it. In the movie, it is just Miles that kidnapped Winnie(movie). Furthermore, there is another difference in the movie and book. At the end of the movie Mae and Angus Tuck are charged for kidnapping and are sent to jail, but in the movie only Mae Tuck was sent to jail. One quote from the book and movie is when Angus Tuck says to Winnie” Don’t be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life”. In conclusion, there are many differences, but those are just two.

The novel Tuck Everlasting is a well written story by Natalie Babbitt and is a spectacular movie. I think that Tuck Everlasting is a movie that anyone would like. In conclusion, the book and movie may be different, but they’re both
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