Abstract:Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt, is a meaningful and moving account of a girl reaching an important stage in her spiritual and moral development. It is a simple story that deals effectively with its complex theme because of its tight interweaving of structure and symbolism, both of which are borrowed from fairy tale and mythology and displaced only slightly in this folkloristic novel. The fairy tale journey, seen through female eyes, is an apt metaphor for Winnie Foster's discovery of her responsibility t… Show more
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