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Compare And Contrast Tuck Everlasting

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Flynn Kelleher 1/22/2016
Ms. Molly

Tuck Everlasting Essay

Have you ever wondered why books seem to always be better than movies based on that book? Well I am here to tell you why. The example I will focus on is Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting vs Disney’s interpretation of Tuck Everlasting. I prefer Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting over Disney’s Tuck Everlasting because of the imagery, the suspense, and the characterization.
One example of the imagery being better in the book is the forest. In the book the forest sounds big and beautiful. But, in the movie the forest is quite overgrown and there was not as much wildlife as I expected. Even though the forest wasn’t as beautiful as the book portrayed it, it is still quite an amazing sight. …show more content…

One reason that the suspense is better in the book is because it has longer to build up. On example of this is when Mae killed the man in the yellow suit in the book we had to wait a few chapters to find out if he was dead or unconscious. On the other hand, in the movie, we saw him get killed then two minutes later we were told that he was dead and it was much less suspenseful. Another reason that the book is more suspenseful than the movie is the prison scene. In the book, we had this whole build up to Winnie taking Mae’s place in the cell and the sheriff finding out. But, in the movie there wasn’t much time between Mae killing the man and her breaking out of …show more content…

In the book Winnie’s parents were less interested in finding their daughter than in the movie. I liked this because it made Winnie have another reason to run away. Also, in the book the parents were quicker to give up the spring to the man in the yellow suit. Another example of why the book has better characterization than the movie is Winnie. Winnie was five years younger in the book which gave her time to mature and grow throughout the book. As opposed to in the movie where Winnie was 15 and she did not have as much room to mature and grow. Another aspect of Winnie that was better in the book was her relationship with Jesse. In the book there wasn’t as much romance between Winnie and Jesse which I liked because honestly, in the movie, I thought their relationship was an unnecessary side note. The final reason that the characterization was better in the book was the Tucks. In the movie, all the Tuck’s opinions were generalized and we didn’t get to hear each Tuck’s opinion as much as in the book. An example of this is Miles’s and Jesse’s views on immortality, in the movie we didn’t get to hear their differing opinions on immortality as opposed to the book where we herd both their opinions.
As you can see Natalie Babbitt’s book Tuck Everlasting is much better than Disney’s rendition of Tuck Everlasting for three key points. These points were the imagery, the suspense and the characterization. You might

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