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Tangent
a completely different line of thought or action; to start talking about something that is only slightly or indirectly related to the original subject; digression, departure
Melancholy
a feeling of absorbed sadness, typically with no obvious cause
Melancholy synonyms
Mournful, gloomy, forlorn, glum, heavy-hearted, miserable
Retort
say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner
Galling
annoying, humiliating, irritating, infuriating
Submission
The action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person
Disarray
a state of disorganisation or untidiness
Barbarian
person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilised person
Illiterate
unable to read or write
Alien
not familiar or like other things you have known, different from what you are used to
Fleeting
lasting for a very short time; brief, short, quick, momentary
Gingerly
showing great care or caution
Prostrate
completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise; drained, or exhausted
Ebb
Gradually lessen or reduce or weaken, Often used with water waves
imposing
Grand and impressive in appearance; striking, eye-catching
first week of August
Top of the Ferris wheel
Giant ash tree
centre of the wood
Tuck lifespan
immortal
Jesse age
104 years old
springwater
The water that granted the Tucks immortality
Mae music box
Winnieâs grandmother thought it was Elves who made the sounds.
Unusual kidnapping
chapter 6âs events has the Tucks taking Winnie away, while unusually pleading.
Fosters conditions
Very strict, with a squeaky clean cottage and a fortress out of duty.
Tucks conditions
Carelessness, Dirty
Mae Tuck
Mother of Jesse & Miles
Mae murder
She murdered the man in the yellow suit with physical assault from the buttstock of a shotgun, and got arrested for that.
Angus Tuck
Father of Jesse & Miles
Angus wishing death
Angus wants to die from his dreams about being dead, and he thinks he and his family are stuck.
Jesse Tuck
First of the Tucks to meet Winnie
Jesse and Winnie
Jesse gave Winnie the spring water of immortality in order for her to be with the Tucks forever
Miles Tuck
Carpenter Tuck
Miles family
his family left him because they thought he âsold his soul to the devilâ.
Winifred Foster
Daughter of the Fosters
Winnie feelings
she actually wants liberty, contrasted with her authoritarian surroundings.
Mrs. Foster
Visibly authoritarian with controlling Winnie, as she prevented Winnie from sitting on a lawn for dirtying Winnieâs clothes
Mr. Foster
He sold the spring of immortality to the man in the yellow suit
Granny
Thinks that Maeâs music box was the noise of Elves
Yellow suit thinking
He thinks that the Tucks are illiterate barbarians.
Yellow suit advertising
He wants to advertise the spring of immortality to the wealthy
Constable
The person who arrested Mae for charges on murder
Value of life and death
Life is built to die, and immortality causes discrepancies to the death cycle, giving pain to everyone else.
Freedom and choice
Ones living under authority will be in elation when they encounter freedom, where it influences them to mimic the actions of their heroes.
Family and Connection
True friendship and bonding surpasses family
Ferris wheel
Cycle of life, where the Tucks are absent from the cycle
Spring
Grants immortality
Toad
Symbolises Winnieâs freedom, maturity and parenting
Pond
Another symbolism for the cycle of life, where the boat gets stuck, symbolising the Tucks.
Music box
The Tucksâ humanity and goodness
Foster on Music box
The Fosters recognise them as alien elves, thus having no humanity
Music box bond
Represents the bond between Winnie & the Tucks
No connection
Mae meeting Miles and Jesse, Winnie running away, and the stranger at the Fosters
Setting
Treegap in presumably the 1800s, where shotguns are common.
Cows path
They created a path around the woods, isolating the spring of immortality.
Mae and Tuck
Husband and Wife
Looking same for years
The spring of immortality caused them to look the same for ages.
Winnie running away
She runs away to know the truth about the music box.
Jesse preventing Winnie
Jesse prevents her from drinking from the spring, because of the pain of immortality.
Winnie kidnapping
Winnieâs kidnapped in order to explain the reason why theyâre immortal.
Tuck events
Falling off trees and knocking on the head, Snake bite, Poison toadstools, Slicing bodies, Shotgun blast
Spring secret
This is a secret because of the consequences of sharing this information around the public (it sparks interest)
Yellow suit eavesdrop
He eavesdrops on the Tucksâ story, learning about the story of immortality
Natural child
someone that ages, unlike the Tucks
Horse immortality
The Tucksâ horse is also immortal.
Yellow suit paradox
He wants to return Winnie like a hero, but he wants to sell the springwater for benefits like a villain.
Tucks checking on Winnie
Mae wished she was a part of the family, Jesse suggested Winnie to drink the springwater for immortality (advocatus diaboli), and Angus was thinking of staying up until everyone slept.
Yellow suit manipulation
He manipulates the Fosters through the use of tone against the Tucks as âilliterate barbariansâ.
Yellow suit Winnie father
He doesnât let Winnieâs father come to rescue her, as The man in the yellow suitâs planning on seeking an opportunity within the Fostersâ woods (immortality)
Miles sharing
Miles shares information about his daughter Anna, whoâs mortal and therefore dead.
Mosquitoes
The creature that helped Winnie understand that immortality is no good.
Miles usefulness
He wants Winnie to think that people must embrace their social nature.
Winnie criminal vision
She made friendly facial expressions against Angus, and she was resisting against the man in the yellow suit
Yellow suit mentioning
The man in the yellow suit mentions Milesâ daughter
Gallow
Noose for execution through asphyxiation
Mae no gallows
Mae mustnât go to the gallows because she wouldnât even die.
Winnie different
Winnie was lonely without the Tucks, and mentions a family-like bond with the Tucks.
Mae escape plan
Miles uses his carpenting to pry the bars in order to rescue Mae from prison.
Jesse giving spring
He gave the springwater to Winnie so that when sheâs 17, she would drink it and become forever with the Tucks
Storm covert
The storm disguised the escape of Mae through suppressing the prying noises.
Winnie left free
Winnie wasnât punished for being too young to be punished by the law
Winnie punishment
Winnie was condemned to the yard and canât go anywhere
Winnie with spring
Winnie instead gave the springwater to the toad, granting it immortality.
Yellow suit Winnie talking
he talks to Winnie about how long the family lived within the cottage area, to check whether they were the immortal family within the area he was hunting for.
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