Tuck everlasting by natalie babbitt - Essay Example

Question: If you were to drink from a magic spring, at what age would you do it? Staying young and energetic for ever hasits own charm. Before reading the story Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, I was very fascinated about the idea of immortality. After giving the story a read I have given it a second thought. For me, if I get a chance of drinking from a magic spring, staying alive for ever as a kid will not be much of a thrill. Childhood means a bundle of restrictions and boundaries and the society never accepts a child living alone all by himself.

And same goes for old age, no one wants to live like an old man; all wrinkles and bones. I would rather prefer middle age, something about 30 years. Where I can live on my own and no one asks me about my life. Being immortal has its own pros and cons. I as a normal human being I find the time too insufficient to fulfill all my dreams and goals. Getting that extra time will give a chance to me to try every possible thing I can, but on the other hand too much of anything is bad; for example, Angus Tuck, who was young for over a hundred years got bored of his youth and he wanted to die.

At a point he tells Winne, "Livings heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, its useless, too. It dont make sense. If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, Id do it in a minute. You cant have living without dying. So you cant call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road."(Babbitt, 30)Work CitedBabbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 2000. Print.