Tuck Everlasting Themes

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“Tuck Everlasting”, written by Natalie Babbit, is a novel that young adults and children love to read. The novel features Winifred Foster and a family of four, the Tucks, who came across an adverse secret in the form of a spring some eighty-seven years ago. Miles Tuck is one of the main characters who represent the major themes in the story in an engaging, yet dignified manner. Focussing on the character Miles Tuck, who is the elder brother of the Tuck family, it will be clear that his demeanour and doings represent the main themes in the story of; immortality, family, friendships and the troubles of breaking rules and

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