Tuck Everlasting: Comparing The Book And The Movie

Tuck Everlasting Essay

Haseeb Ahsan

What if you could live forever? In the movie “Tuck Everlasting” this a question the Tuck family wish they could answer. Although this is a question that revolves around the movie and the book, there are many differences between the two. Some details from the book were changed in the movie to make the story better. The movie “Tuck Everlasting” is more promising than the novel because of Winnie’s age difference, the more comical escape scene, and multiple other minor tweaks.

Winnie’s age difference allowed a multitude of details to appear in the movie. As a result, the plot changed in many ways. Making Winnie 16 instead of 10 allowed filmmakers to make a love story that would attract viewers. This is due to the fact that some people like movies more when they have a love story. Also due to the age difference, Winnie could comprehend her situation better than she could in the book. The filmmakers made an excellent choice, giving Winnie an age boost.

The escape plan and the way it was carried out differs between the book and the movie.

In the book, the Tucks didn’t reveal their secret, but in the movie they did. In the movie, Jesse and Miles distracted the constable while Winnie helped Mae and Angus escape and in the book, the constable knew nothing about the Tucks attempting to escape. Also in the book, the rain and thunder helped cover the Tucks’ escape while in the movie fog helped mask the escape. Movie makers did this to add a special effect to the movie. In the movie Winnie helps Mae escape by letting her out with the keys to the cell. Although in the book, Winnie is a decoy and replaces Mae by opening the bars to the cell from outside to get in .In return to this change, In the book only Mae was imprisoned, but in the movie both Mae and Angus were

imprisoned.
In both the movie and the book, Angus explained the philosophy of life to Winnie. This greatly impacted the outcome of the end of the story and Winnie’s comprehension of living forever and never growing older. This pleases me because the filmmakers were wise enough to know 0not to eliminate this important scene. Adding this element also pleased me because it helped Winnie make her decision about drinking the spring water or not.
From the many components above, you can tell how the movie version of “Tuck Everlasting” was better than the book. There are also many other components that helped advance the movie to be better.The movie had incredible graphics that allowed the viewers to enjoy a story without having to visualize anything while in the book you had to visualize important scenes. Also, the movie had many scenes that were not in the book, but helped to make the storyline better. As you can see from the details above, “you can’t judge a movie by its book”.