Life and Death A common theme is shared between the novel “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt and the painting “Fearless” by Deviant Art. The characters and the symbolism of these two texts inspires the theme that death is always a part of the circle of life. In Babbitt’s novel, the character and the symbolism of Angus and Mae Tuck help the reader understand the message about life. When Winnie was at the pond with Angus Tuck, he explained to Winnie that “dying’s part of the circle of life, right next to being born”(63).This shows the theme because he saying that. When the man in the Yellow suit came to the Tuck's house, threatening to take Winnie’s everlasting water, Mae had her strong arms round her head like a weel” (100). This contributes