Although he does not seem to loathe immortality as much as his father, he also does not seem to appreciate it as much as Jesse does. The man in the yellow suit is the main antagonist of the novel. In response, Mae Tuck kills him by hitting him over the head with a shotgun. The constable arrests Mae when she kills the man in the yellow suit. However, as he seems to be rather absent-minded, she is able to be broken out easily by Winnie and the rest of the Tucks.
Winnie's father is a well-to-do man who owns the woods near the family home. He is so concerned about his daughter's disappearance that he offers to give the man in the yellow suit the woods in order for her safe return. Winnie's grandmother is a stern woman who insists on order and good behavior, and supervises Winnie closely when she plays in the yard.
She shows a gentler side when she charmingly refers to a tune she hears in the evening as elf music. Winnie's mother is a strict and tidy woman who insists that the home is kept neat and that Winnie stay out of trouble.
The Question and Answer section for Tuck Everlasting is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. While the Fosters keep a neat and scrubbed clean house, the Tucks' house has cobwebs, sewing needles, and even a resident mouse. She goes from being a ten-year-old kid with no independence to, well, the belle of the ball who needs to grow up quick.
First, she gets her first crush. We don't know about you, but Shmoop's first crush was a life-changing ordeal. It really makes you feel grown-up, like you have your own desires—something that belongs just to you. Even if it is just in your head. On top of that, Winnie even plays the role of adult among the Tucks. We find her comforting them when they're down and sticking up for them when they're in trouble.
And when the Tucks are telling her their story, the narrator uses language to show us that Winnie is kind of the leader of the pack:.
It was the strangest story Winnie had ever heard. She soon suspected they had never told it before, except to each other—that she was their first real audience; for they gathered around her like children at their mother's knee, each trying to claim her attention, and sometimes they all talked at once, and interrupted each other, in their eagerness. If the Tucks are the "children" telling the story, excitedly looking for attention, Winnie is the "mother" whose attention is demanded.
It's almost a reversal of what she's used to at home. Sure, she's still the object of everybody's focus, but this kind of attention is flattering and makes her feel grown-up. The attention at home, on the other hand, is almost imprisoning. While we're on the growing-up-fast topic, nothing will make you mature as quickly as seeing a guy bashed in the head with the base of a shotgun.
Don't try this at home. What's more, she has to keep everything she knows a total secret. And once she's back with her family, it's pretty obvious that something has changed:.
Soon after, they put her to bed, with many kisses. But they peered at her anxiously over their shoulders as they tiptoed out of her bedroom, as if they sensed that she was different now from what she had been before. As if some part of her had slipped away. Meeting the Tucks grants Winnie's wish: after all, she does experience "something interesting—something that's all [hers]" 3.
She gets a secret that's hers for life, an experience that nobody else would ever believe, and a choice nobody else has ever gotten to make. Oh yeah, and she witnesses a murder and helps a convicted criminal escape execution. As you can tell, Winnie's character makes us ask a lot of questions. And some of these questions are pretty deep. We're talking the big guns: the meaning of life and death. Through the Tucks, Winnie learns that immortality might not be all it's cracked up to be.
Remember when Tuck stares enviously at the dying Yellow Suit Guy Winnie died at years old in , she died at peace knowing that she helped keep the Tucks and the fountain of youth a secret. Winnie dies from cancer and she did tell her mom but not no one else. Tuck Everlasting Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Miles Tuck.
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