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Bibliography
- thebestnotes.com
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElaP6nFmwo
Quotes that represent our book
"Life is like the hightest seat on the ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning." - The ferris wheel represents the life cycle, and when the ferris wheel pauses in its turning, it represents how your life may have disapointments (death) but you just need to accept that this life cycle will eventually happen.
"The wheel was turning again slowly, but soon to go faster." ~ This again mentions the ferris wheel. How it is turning slowly, but will soon move faster.
About Natalie Babbitt:
Natalie Babbit had a good life. She was born on July 28th, 1932 and was both born and raised in Ohio. She spent most of her time drawing and reading fairytails. She had always wanted to be an illustrater when she was young. When she got older, Natalie studied art at two different colleges, Laural School and Smith Collage. Right after grauduation, she got married to Samual Fisher Babbitt, a school administrator. She spent the next ten years in Conneticut, Tennesse, and Washington. Both Natalie's husband and sister enjoyed writing which inspired her to write as well. She discovered that she loved to write and wrote about fantasy. One of the reasons Natile Babbitt wrote fantesy is because both she and her children shared the love for it. Natile Bibbitt is still alive and is currently eighty three years old.
One fantasy element is that there is a spring were when you drink the water you can live forever.
Another fantasy element is when Winnie pours the magical spring water on the toad and he lives forever. Jesse, Miles, Mae and Tuck can also live forever.
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Winnie - smart,kind,pretty,neat
Stranger- mischievous, clever, gossipy
Mae- sweet,pretty,kind
Tuck- stubborn,mean
Toad- mindful,calm
Jesse- kind, sweet
Miles- kind,sweet
Constable- harsh
Main characters-
Winnie and the Tuck family
Protaginost- Winnie
Antagionst- Stranger
Tangent- [tan-jah-nut]-in immediate physical contact
Contemplation-[kon-tun-m-pley-shun]-thoughtful observation
Tranqui-l[trang-kwii]-peaceful and calm
Bosom-[boo-z-uh-m]-a state of enclosing intimacy warm
Apologetic-[uh-pol-uh-jet-ik]-contaning a apology
Disheartend-[dis-hahr-tn]-to depress the hope
Embankment-[em-bank-ment]-a wall of stone
Book Opinion
Our group opinion is a two out of five star. We chose this rating because there was too much information that was not needed. Few members liked this book because we enjoyed the charecters and their traits. We could also relate to the charecters. Yet, a majority of people disliked this book.
Theme
The theme was importent in Tuck Everlasting. It taught alot about how life changes and we need accept the change. It is a very importent part in life. Our theme is, "The great circle of life may be tragic, but it is for our own good." The theme we chose goes along with the "Ferris wheel" simile. In the book, death happens. Death is the tragic part of the quote that we have to accept.
I think the author chose this theme because I think she thought it was an importent theme to know in the circle of life.
- Proud as Peacocks
- Weary old earth-Axis like a beetle on a pin
- First week of August- Like the highest seat of a ferris wheel, when it pauses in its turning
- I'm about as dry as dust
- Bear her off like a sack of potatoes
- Stealing their horse right out from under their nose
- A potato of a women
- The road wandered along the curves and easy angles, swayed off in a pleasent tangent to the top of a small hill
- The wood was at the center, the hub of the wheel
- The fosters touch-me-not cottage
- I soul my soul to the devil
- The dog days of summer
- I capable iron fence said, "Move on we don't want you here."
- The air fairly hummed with their daybreak activity
- Blue straw hat with a drooping exhausted brim
Summary
It was an ordinary day in Treegap. That was when three connections came together. Winnie Foster decided to run away. While runnoing away, she ran into Mae, Tuck, Jesse, and Miles, the Tuck family. The Tuck family was everlasting. They drank from a spring and could not ever die. Yet, they want secret, a secret. Unfortunatly, a stranger over heard them talking and he wanted to sell the spring water. Mae got mad and killed the stranger. In the end, Mae ended up in jail (yet they broke her free). Then the life cycle just kept turning and turning.
Information citted
~http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/natalie-babbitt
~http://us.macmillan.com/author/nataliebabbitt
~http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1954.Natalie_Babbitt
- 1800-1900
- All Day
- Tree Gap
- The Wood
- Winnie's House
- Tuck's House