Table of Contents | Next Page Downloadable / Printable Version The Best Notes Study Guide by Diane Clapsaddle Copyright ©2015 The Best Notes, All Rights Reserved. Any Further Distribution without written consent of The Best Notes.com is strictly prohibited. Cite this page: Clapsaddle, Diane. The Best Notes on Tuck Everlasting. The Best Notes.com. >. Table of Contents • Setting • List of Characters • Conflict • Short Summary ( Synopsis) • Themes • Mood • Natalie Babbitt - Biography • Literary/ Historical Information Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis • Prologue • Chapter One • Chapter Two • Chapter Three • Chapter Four • Chapter Five • Chapter Six • Chapter Seven • Chapter Eight • Chapter Nine • Chapter Ten • Chapter Eleven • Chapter Twelve • Chapter Thirteen • Chapter Fourteen • Chapter Fifteen • Chapter Sixteen • Chapter Seventeen • Chapter Eighteen • Chapter Nineteen • Chapter Twenty • Chapter Twenty-one • Chapter Twenty-two • Chapter Twenty-three • Chapter Twenty-four • Chapter Twenty-five • Epilogue Overall Analysis • Character Analysis • Plot Structure Analysis • Themes - Theme Analysis • Author's Style • Rising Action • Falling Action • Point of View • Foreshadowing • Irony • Important quot;tions/ quot;s and Analysis • Symbolism/ Motifs/ Metaphors/ Imagery/ Symbols • Key Facts Study Questions • Study Questions/ Multiple- Choice Quiz • Answer Key • Essay Topics - Book Report Ideas Table of Contents | Next Page Downloadable / Printable Version.
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Near the little village of Treegap, there is a wood with an otherworld[ly] appearance, owned by the Fosters, who live in the touch-me-not cottage at its edge. There is no road running through the wood, so no one knows about the giant ash tree whose roots nearly conceal a fresh water spring at its center; this spring has the potential to create an immense disaster. One evening in August 1881, eleven-year-old Winnie Foster is chasing fireflies out in her yard, when a strange man dressed in a jaunty yellow suit stops by. The man says that he is looking for someone. He seems intrigued when Winnie informs him that the Fosters have lived in that place as long as there've been any people [there]. Winnie's grandmother comes out, and when the man turns to her, a tinkling little melody emanates from the wood. Winnie suggests that the tune is coming from a music box, but her grandmother insists that it is being made by elves. When the old woman excitedly hustles her granddaughter into the house, the mysterious man, alone now, regards the wood thoughtfully, then disappears down the road, ominously whistling the haunting tune that faintly lingers in the darkness. The next morning, Winnie is again out in the yard, railing against the stifling controls placed upon her by her family. She considers running away but, lacking the resolve, decides instead to venture at least into the adjoining wood, where she has never been allowed. As she walks through the luxurious foliage, Winnie comes upon an enormous tree in a clearing. Sitting by the tree is a handsome young man, to whom she los[es] her heart at once. Winnie watches as the man sips from a small spring that rises from the ground, then she steps forward and asks him for a drink. The man, who introduces himself as Jesse Tuck, worriedly tries to convince Winnie that it would be just terrible if she were to taste the water. As Winnie.
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