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Immortality In Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting

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According to the chart, in the past ten years, our world population has almost added another one billion individuals to the total number. This number will continue to increase, and as long as the natural cycle of life remains, so too will the number of deaths. The process of life and death contributes to a balance, that maintains the amount of resources our world provides. The estimated amount of births and deaths are recorded continuously. As of the moment this paper was being typed, our world had 46,560,970 births totaled in the year, with 19,247,270 deaths ("Current World Population"). The amount of births may be higher, but there is still openings for new life after someone passes away. After all, the more people, the more mouths to feed, …show more content…

We see the fictional interpretations of the possibilities in literature and media, such as the novel Tuck Everlasting. The excerpt of this novel in Being Human focuses on the effects of immortality. Natalie Babbitt presents the consequences of depression, hope, and pain throughout the selection. The Tuck family innocently drank from a spring that contained water that gave them a never-ending life, which promoted the concepts of immortality, family, and aging. The Tuck family meets with a young girl named Winnie, who discovers their secret. Throughout their encounter and developing relationship, Babbitt fictionally reveals the realistic possibilities of immortality. She creates characters that are relatable to all age groups, which gives a wide array of connections to real life. Specifically in the selection from Being Human, the father of the Tuck family warns Winnie to stay away from the spring. He, along with the other members of the family, explain to her what they have gone through, including the losses and institution of depression. This is a key part of the entire excerpt, because it highlights what negative outcomes stem from immortality. The persistence that the Tuck family has for Winnie to stay away from the spring can be used to symbolize how immortality itself can be the thief of an enjoyable and willful

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