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Tuck Everlastinng Character Analysis
Did you think it was possible to be immortal? I will tell you about it through three point of views of characters from the book Tuck Everlastinng. First I will tell you Tucks point of view, then Jesse’s, then mine. Tuck, Jesse, and their family all drank from the spring which made them immortal. I hope this interests you, and that you learn something from it.

Tuck doesn’t like immortality. He wants to be normal so that he can live the wheel of life instead of being stuck forever. “You can’t have life without dieing,” he said. He wants to experience the changes in life instead of never ageing or changing. He just wants to go to heaven.

Now Jesse’s opinion. Jesse like being immortal. He is having fun. He can spend time with people he loves forever. “We could have a grand old time,go around the world, see everything.”, he said. He will be able to see the future. He will stay 17 forever. …show more content…
I would never want to be immortal. I would always have to change my identity. I would always lose the people I love.I want to change, grow, and have children. I don’t want to be stuck in life like frozen time. I think immortality would suck.

I hope you understand the goods and bads-mostly bads-of immortality. Everyone has different opinions. Immortality means never getting hurt, but you have to get hurt to be happy. What is your opinion? Would you or would you not be
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