![]() Symbolically, autumn is near the end of a person’s life. Jesse appears to also be in the summer of his life, too, but he is not, and therein, the plot thickens. In Tuck Everlasting, Winifred is in the summer of her life. Spring is often symbolic of childhood, summer is the time of youth and young adulthood. In literature, seasons are often symbolic. Seasons of the Year as Symbols and Themes in Literatureīabbitt begins the book by mentioning the month of August, which is a month that lands at the end of summer–just before the beginning of fall. In doing so, Babbitt has established one of the themes of Tuck Everlasting. Within five words of the book’s beginning, Babbitt alludes to the months of the year and compares the calendar to a Ferris wheel. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.” Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting ![]() The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless and hot. “The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The first paragraph of the Prologue to the book Tuck Everlasting begins as follows: Keep in mind that before the first chapter of Tuck, Natalie Babbitt had introduced at least 3 literary themes. Keep in mind that the Prologue of Tuck Everlasting is before Chapter 1. ![]() I am thrilled to be able to share with you some of the ways that her words in Tuck Everlasting are more than mere words. Wikipediaīecause of Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt has been recognized as one of America’s greatest writers of Junior Fiction. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. Her 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. Natalie Zane Babbitt (née Moore J– October 31, 2016) was an American writer and illustrator of children’s books. The book Tuck Everlasting begins in the month of August, and for that reason, I have elected to begin sharing my thoughts about Tuck on August 1.īefore I begin that process, however, I want to introduce you to Natalie Babbitt: It’s the only real way to learn how to tell a story.” “What is your suggestion for someone who wants to start writing? Be a reader. I agree with Babbitt that the best way to learn to USE words is by reading great literature: “You really have to love words if you’re going to be a writer, because as a writer, you certainly spend a lot of time with words.”īeyond a love of words, however, a good writer must learn to USE those words so that they can become more than a string of words. Natalie Babbitt said the following about words: Within a few words, Tuck Everlasting had become more than a mere spattering of words. She had created literature before Chapter 1 of the book, W ithin a few words, Babbitt writes volumes–in the Prologue. Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting is literature. ![]() Many of us write, but few of us create literature. ![]()
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