![]() As a result, Winnie eventually appreciates their humanity, decides that they're her friends, and learns to trust herself in making morally complex decisions.īecause Winnie considers Mae a friend and thinks that she's a kind and generous person, Winnie ultimately decides that Mae's choice to kidnap Winnie-though wrong from a legal perspective-wasn't wrong in a moral sense. By respecting her autonomy, the Tucks create space for Winnie to truly consider their stories. Notably, they also understand that the choice to tell or remain silent will be Winnie's choice and her choice alone. The Tuck family helps guide Winnie in this direction as they implore her to believe their story and agree to keep the stream secret. This, per the novel's logic, introduces people to other points of view and ways of life that are crucial to coming to terms with the moral implications of one's actions. ![]() ![]() In the events that follow, the novel suggests that one of the most effective ways to make decisions in light of this moral ambiguity is to develop friendships and relationships with others. These sudden turns of events impress upon the reader that though a person can do their best to engage with options logically and with an open mind, it's sometimes impossible to know what the consequences of one’s choices will be. Mae, Jesse, and Miles bundle Winnie off without her consent, while the Tucks become immortal without choosing to do so. Importantly, what happens to Winnie after she leaves her yard and what happens to the Tucks after they drink from the brook aren't things that they can anticipate or control. Like Winnie, they never expected the choice to quench their thirst to have any lasting or negative consequences, and yet, this choice completely transforms their lives. The novel draws similarities between this seemingly innocuous choice and the choice that the Tuck family made 87 years ago, when they first drank from the enchanted brook. ![]() It doesn't take long, however, for her to see that this choice has changed her life forever. Winnie initially reasons that her choice to leave her fenced yard is a safe and inconsequential one in her mind, she's just going for a walk in her family's wood, which she has every right to do. Through Winnie’s experiences, the novel suggests that relying on friendship may be the best way to navigate life’s moral ambiguity.įrom the start, the novel makes it very clear that every choice, no matter how small and seemingly innocuous, has the potential to carry immense consequences. However, Winnie does come to the conclusion that when she makes decisions that are based on friendship and care for others, those moral gray areas become much easier to accept and live with. As Winnie thinks over her choices and considers the moral implications of all her options, she begins to understand that morality isn't entirely black and white nothing is unequivocally good or bad. In Tuck Everlasting, Winnie is confronted with a number of choices that would be high-stakes choices for anyone, let alone for a 10-year-old like Winnie. ![]()
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