Tuck Everlasting Interactive Notebook - 3438524

Tuck

Everlasting

Lindsey’s
Reading Response

Journal



Chapters 1-8

Prologue

Question: Summarize how the month of August is described.
My Answer: The month of August is described by saying that
August is the last hot month before it gets cold.

Question: What is the purpose of the stranger’s trip?
My Answer: The purpose of the stranger’s trip is to meet
someone.

Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 1 Question: Why do you suppose the narrator thinks it would be a disaster if

the cows made the road through the wood?

My Answer: It would be a disaster if the cows made the road
through the wood because the people would have noticed the giant
ash tree at the center of the wood, and noticed little spring bubbling
up among its roots.

Chapter 2 Question: Explain why Mae is so excited.
My Answer: Mae is so excited because she is meeting her two sons
(Miles and Jesse) after 10 years.

Chapters 3 and 4

Chapter 3 Question: What was Winnie referring to when she said she might do it

tomorrow while everyone is sleeping?

My Answer: Winnie is referring to running away in the morning when
everyone is sleeping.

Chapter 4 Question: Which questions didn’t the stranger answer?
My Answer: The stranger didn’t answer who he was or who he was
looking for.

Chapters 5 and 6

Chapter 5 Question: How old did Jesse say he is?
My Answer: Jesse said that he was 17.

Chapter 6 Question: Explain why Mae gave Winnie the music box.
My Answer: Mae gave Winnie the music box because it helped
Winnie stop crying.

Chapters 7 and 8

Chapter 7 Question: How did the tree look when they came back after 20 years?
My Answer: The tree after 20 years looked like it was just freshly
carved.

Chapter 8 Question: Dramatic irony is when the reader and some of the characters

know more than the other characters. What did the reader learn about the stranger? How is
this an example of dramatic irony?

My Answer: The reader learns that the stranger was listening to
the whole story about the Tuck’s past. This is an example of
dramatic irony because none of the characters know that the
stranger was listening, only the reader knows.

Pg.9 I think she was saying
this again and again
“”The boys’ll be home because she was
tomorrow!” excited to see them
after so long.

Pg.33 I think Winnie had a
contrast and
“Teaching our little girl... how to contradiction because
ride!” Only then did it come to she was torn on if she
Winnie that she ought to shout, should ask for help or
wave her arms, do something just go along with what
but the man had fallen behind May said.
at the time and she was afraid
to let go of the saddle, afraid to
turn around, lest she fall off the
horse.

Pg.28-29,42 “Is that good In between the 2
paragraphs the Tuck’s
to drink?” she asked. “I’m told Winnie the story
thirsty.” Jesse Tuck’s face about their past and
was instantly serious. “Oh, why she can’t drink
that. No-no, it’s not,” he said from the spring. It
quickly. would make her young
forever, which was a
So now she sat, mouth open, huge ah-ha moment.
wide-eyed, not knowing what
to make of this extraordinary
story. (pg.42)

Pg. 5 I think the author told
us this so if the reader
“It wandered along in curves was in a different
and easy angles, swayed off season or a different
and up in a pleasant tangent state that might not
to the top of a small hill, have fall to bring back
ambled down again between a memory of what
fringes of bee-hung clover, august felt like or what
and then cut sideways it feels like.
across a meadow.” I wonder if the
stranger is looking for
Pg.19 the Tucks?

The man lifted his
eyebrows. “Oh.” he
said, I’m looking for
someone. A family.”

Pg. 40 All of the trees
changed except for the
“It hadn’t changed, no tree located by the
more’n we had,” said spring changed.
Miles.

Summarize
Chapters 1-8

In chapters 1-8 of Tuck Everlasting, it describes how Winnie Foster meets the Tucks. In chapter 1,
Winnie lives in an overprotective house in the village of Treegap with her parents and grandmother. Their
house is on the edge of the woods they own but never go into. In the next chapter, the Tucks are getting
excited to see their sons whom they have not seen in ten years. Mae is heading off to meet them, but they
say that she has to be careful not to be seen. She does not look in the mirror before she goes because it
says she has looked the same for the past 87 years. Mae takes along her music box as she goes off to
meet her sons. In chapter 3, Winnie has a conversation with a toad. She talks about how hard her life is
and she decides to run away. Next,That night Winnie heads out to her yard and meets a stranger walking
by who asks her about the woods and the people she knows in the area. He tells her that he is looking for
a family. Winnie’s grandmother comes out to tell Winnie to go inside. Just then some music is heard in the
woods. The grandmother says it is the elf music she hasn’t heard in years. Winnie thinks it sounds like a
music box and the stranger is very interested in it. Then, In the morning Winnie decides to run away and
when she goes into the wood she finds a man drinking out of a spring and he spots Winnie and she asks
what his name is and how old he is, he says that his name is Jesse Tuck and he says he is 17 years old
but at first said he was 104. Then Winnie is thirsty and asks if the water is good to drink and he says it is
probably dirty but Winnie just saw him drink it. After that, Mae Tuck and Jesse’s older brother Miles came
and they kidnapped Winnie to take her somewhere private. So Jesse, Mae, Miles, and Winnie were all on
a horse. There are now at a shallow stream asking Winnie to keep a secret for what they were about to
tell her. In the 7th chapter, the Tucks were telling Winnie how a spring made them immortal and why she
couldn’t drink it because she would look 10 forever. Last, Winnie sat mouth wide open shocked on the
story. Now they were riding home on the horse back to the Tuck’s house and none of the characters know,
only the reader knows that the stranger heard the whole entire story.



Chapters 9-17

Chapters 9 and 10

Chapter 9 Question: What did Miles and Jesse do as soon as they got home?
My Answer: When Miles and Jesse got home they splashed in
the pond.

Chapter 10 Question: Which house do you think Winnie prefers? Explain.
My Answer: I think Winnie likes the Tuck’s house better because
at her house everything is perfect in place and clean, but at the
Tuck’s house the just don’t care where anything is and I think
she likes it.

Chapters 11 and 12

Chapter 11 Question:Analyze the differences between dinner at the Fosters and

dinners at the Tucks.

My Answer: The differences between dinner at the Fosters and
the Tucks is, at the Foster’s it is very proper and they talk and
sit on their chair and plate on the table and eat. However at the
Tuck’s you sit with your plate on your lap and you can sit on the
floor also there is no talking.

Chapter 12 Question:Situational irony is an unexpected event. Discuss the

situational irony at the end of this chapter.

My Answer: The situational irony at the end of the chapter is the
horse getting stolen.

Chapters 13 and 14

Chapter 13 Question: What news did the stranger reveal to the Fosters?
My Answer: The news the stranger revealed to the Fosters is he
says, “I know where they’ve taken the little girl.”

Chapter 14 Question: Explain how Winnie feels about Jesse’s proposition.
My Answer: Winnie doesn’t know what to think or believe.

Chapters 15-17

Chapter 15 Question: The stranger has the Fosters “between a rock and a hard place”. What

does this idiom mean?

My Answer: What this idiom means is in a situation where one
is faced with two equally difficult alternatives.

Chapter 16 Question: Why do you suppose the stranger ditched the constable? Explain.
My Answer: I think that the stranger ditched the constable
because he wanted to get there earlier so that he could
interrogate the Tucks about taking Winnie. Then he could say
that he owns the wood and that he knows about the spring.

Chapter 17 Question:What did Miles reveal to Winnie about his children during the boat trip?
My Answer: Miles revealed to Winnie about his children that he
had a daughter and he used to take her fishing and now she
would be about 80 years old if she was still alive, and his son
would be 82 years old.

Pg.72 This is a tough
question because
“We could get married Winnie has a HUGE
even.” said Jesse. decision to make.
Marriage is a big deal.

Pg.82 I think this is an
example of language
The dripping from the of the discipline
blades, as they lifted, because the sentence
sent rows of is extremely detailed.
overlapping circles
spreading silently
behind them.

Pg. 56 This is an example of
rules because at dinner
“But there seemed to at the Tucks there are
be no rules.” no rules but at the
Foster’s house there
are.

Pg.60 This is language of the
discipline because the
“The sky was a ragged blaze author is using lots of
of red and pink and orange, specific and creative
and its double trembled on words about the sky.
the surface of the pond like
color spilled from a paint
box.”

On going in the story This is a again and
Winnie keeps saying again signpost
how nice the Tucks because throughout
are and that she really the whole story Winnie
likes them. just keeps saying how
much she likes the
Tucks.

Pg.76 This is an example of
the details depth and
“The constable was complexity because
fat, and he was the author is describing
sleepy. He wheezed the constable.
when he spoke.”

Summarize
Chapters 9-17

In Tuck Everlasting chapters 9-17, it describes how Winnie went back to the
Tucks house. In chapter 9, the Tucks and Winnie are making their way back to the
Tucks house and Winnie meets Mr. Tuck. In the next chapter, Winnie goes inside the
Tuck’s house and notices it looks very rugged and messy. In chapter 11, they have
dinner and Winnie notices that the Tucks eat very different then what she is used to,
because at the Tuck’s house there are no rules so it is normal to lick the syrup off of
your fingers. But at the Fosters house Winnie was not aloud to. Next, Winnie and Mr.
Tuck go on the boat in the pond and Mr. Tuck tells Winnie why it is important to keep
the spring a secret, then Miles came outside and said that someone stole the horse.
In chapter 13, at almost midnight the stranger ties the Tuck’s house to the Fosters
fence and knocks at their door and says that he knows where Winnie is. In chapter
14, the Tucks are furious about someone stealing their horse. Then Winnie was
about to go to sleep on the lumpy couch but then Mr. Tuck comes down says how
sweet and nice Winnie is. After that Jesse comes down after Mr. Tuck went back up
and he likes Winnie and maybe when she is 17 she can have a drink of the water at
the spring and then they can get married. In chapter 15, the stranger gets let in the
Foster’s house and he says that he will trade, if they sell the wood to him he will go
and bring Winnie back. They agree to the deal and they get the constable. In the next
chapter, the stranger and the constable get ready to go to the Tuck’s house but the
stranger gets a head start. Lastly, In the morning at the Tuck’s Winnie and Miles go
out on the boat in the pond to catch fish for breakfast and Miles talks about his kids.
Then Winnie catches a bite but she sternly tells Miles to put him back.

Chapters 18-25

Chapters 18 and 19

Chapter 18 Question: Situational irony is an unexpected event. Describe the

situational irony at the end of this chapter.

My Answer: The situational irony at the end of the chapter is,
when the Tucks and Winnie hear a knock at the door and it is
the stranger.

Chapter 19 Question: Situational irony is an unexpected event. Describe the

example of situational irony at the end of this chapter.

My Answer: The situational irony at the end of this chapter is,
when the stranger took Winnie outside Mae shot the stranger in
the back of his head.

Chapters 20 and 21

Chapter 20 Question: Explain what will happen to Mae if the stranger dies.
My Answer: If the stranger dies then Mae Tuck will be hung for
shooting him.

Chapter 21 Question: What happened to the stranger?
My Answer: The stranger died.

Chapters 22 and 23

Chapter 22 Question: What present did Jesse give to Winnie?
My Answer: The present Jesse gave Winnie was a bottle of the
magic spring water so when she is 17 she can drink it.

Chapter 23 Question: Name the three things Winnie ponders about
My Answer: Three things Winnie ponders about is, should she
drink the water when she is 17? What is she going to tell her
parents when the constable brings her home for the second
time? Would her parents trust her ever again?

Chapters 24 and 25

Chapter 24 Question: What sound symbolized the exit of the Tucks?
My Answer: The sound that symbolized the exit of the Tucks
was the music from the music box.

Chapter 25 Question: Why didn’t Winnie get charged with aiding the escape?
My Answer: Winnie didn’t get charged because she is under
age.

Epilogue

What does the reader learn from the epilogue in this novel? Do
you think the epilogue was necessary?

The reader learns from the epilogue that Winnie dies and that
the forest with the spring gets caught on fire and the whole
wood burned down. Also that the Tucks move on from Treegap
to another place. I think the epilogue is necessary because if
you didn’t read it then you would have never known what
happened to Winnie, the spring, and the Tucks.

Pg.98 The stranger and the
Tucks have different
“But who wouldn’t give a perspectives about the
fortune to live forever?” “I spring. The stranger
wouldn’t,” said Tuck grimly.” wants to sell it but the
Tucks want to keep it a
secret.

Pg.100 This is a contrast and
contradiction because
“The man in the yellow I would have never
suit jerked away, but it thought that Mae
was to late. With a dull would shoot anyone.
cracking sound, the
stock of the shotgun
smashed into the back
of his skull.”

Pg.124 This is a language of
the discipline because
“Again a flash of the author is being very
lightning, and this time specific about the
a crashing burst of storm.
noise from the swirling
sky.”

Pg.121 This is a contrast and
contradiction because
“Leaving the house was so you would think Winnie
easy that Winnie felt faintly would not sneak out
shocked.” again.

Pg. 138 This is an aha moment
because Tuck finally
“So,” said Tuck to finds out what
himself. “Two years. happened to Winnie.
She’s been gone two
years.”

Throughout the This is an aha moment
epilogue Mae and because Mae and Tuck
Tuck find how different are seeing how
Treegap is now from different Treegap is
when Winnie was from what it used to be
there. like.

Summarize

Chapters 18-25

In Tuck Everlasting chapters 18-25 a lot happens, as the book is ending. In
chapter 18 the Tucks and Winnie are eating breakfast and a stranger knocks at the
door and wants to come inside. In the next chapter the stranger told the Tucks that
the Fosters sold their wood to him and the spring and wood was now his. Then he
starts to take Winnie and Mae grabs the shotgun and shoots the stranger. The
constable sees this happen. In chapter 20 Mae is told she may have to go to the
gallows. Mae explained to the constable that the stranger was taking Winnie against
her will. The constable takes Winnie home and Mae to the prison cell. In chapter 21
they find out that the stranger died. In chapter 22 Winnie goes out in the yard to play
and Jesse shows up at the gate and told Winnie that they were trying to get Mae out
of jail. Winnie says that she can help. They will meet at midnight. He also gives
Winnie a bottle of the spring water to drink when she is seventeen. In the next
chapter Winnie started to fall asleep but then she woke up five minutes before
midnight. In chapter 24 Winnie starts to leave the house and sees Jesse waiting at
the gate. Then they meet Tuck and Miles and they go to the jail and break Mae out
and put Winnie in. In the last chapter the constable discovers the switch and takes
Winnie home. Then Winnie takes the bottle that Jesse gave her and pours it over the
toad because if she changed her mind she could just go to the spring. And then she
set the toad free and said “You’ll be safe forever.”

Winnie Foster is a 10
year old girl and she lives
in the touch-me-not
cottage, in Treegap. She
is a only child so her
parents and grandmother
may so much attention
to her that she is tired of.
She also says that she
wants a new name that
isn’t so worn down from
being called so much.

Jesse Tuck says he is a 17
year old boy but actually
104. He is the youngest of
the Tuck family. Him and
his brother Miles travel the
world and come back home
every 10 years. In the
future he hopes for Winnie
to drink the spring water
when she is 17 and then
they can get married.

Miles Tuck is 22 years
old and he is the oldest
child of Mae Tuck and
Angus Tuck. He got
married and had a family
before but his wife left
him and took his two
kids. She left him
because they had been
married for a while and
he didn’t look like he was
getting any older.

The book never really is
clear about how old Angus
is, but he has two kids
Miles, and Jesse. He also
has a wife named Mae
Tuck.

Mae Tuck is the
mom of Jesse and
Miles. She has a
music box as you
can see in the
picture next to this.
And she found it in
the woods a long
time ago. She also
has wanted to have
a daughter of her
own since she has
two boys. So Winnie
was kind of like her
daughter.

The stranger is a sly sneaky
person. I would think he
would be a con artist for a
living. I would say he would
be about 50ish. He is pretty
much the bad guy in Tuck
Everlasting. One thing I find
interesting is they never say
his name in the book.

Sweet, calm, Strictet, uptight,
kind, helpful, proper, rich,
loving

They are both moms, they both love
Winnie, and they both have kids.



Places: The Tucks house… The Fosters… The woods
Time period:1880

Type: 3rd person omniscient
How do you know? We know because the author
can tell the feeling of the characters.

Type:
Conflict:

Throughout the novel the tone was mostly
serene; However, at the climax it becomes more
Frantic.

A wheel, it symbolizes life/change.

People are afraid of change but things always
change.

Miles dismantles the jail cell window and helps
Mae escape. Winnie is there to provide support. If
the constable hears their escape, they’re doomed!

Mae get so mad at The Man in the Yellow The constable comes into the jail
Suit that she hits him over the head with cell to find Winnie has taken
the gun and kills him. Mae’s place and helped her
escape.
The Man in the Yellow Suit tells Winnie’s
parents that if they don’t give him what he Winnie sees a dog wanting
wants he won’t tell them where their to attack the toad so she
daughter is. rescues him and pours the
fountain water on him.
Winnie sneaks off into the forest and
discovers a boy drinking from a small
stream. Then his family kidnaps her.

Winnie’s family controls her. They won’t let her try
anything risky to make a difference in the world like she
wants to.

A girl names Winnie Winnie lives in a forest area The Tuck family continues to stay young while
Foster lives with her that her family owns near Winnie ages and dies. A fire burns down the woods
family by a wood they the town of Treegap. It’s in and covers the secret forever. The toad lives forever
own that no one goes the past with wagons because of the water from Winnie.
into. At its center is a instead of cars.
special fountain.

Tuck
Everlasting

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who the author
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