Tuck Everlasting

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Tuck Everlasting

• Background Knowledge
• Influence of Water

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Water and Folktales

• Folktales are stories that focus on elements that
  are basic to human life.
• Folktales involving disputes over water date back
  as far as ancient Mesopotamia.
• The elements of life are
• Air, Fire Water

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Water and Folktales

• In some folktales there is too much of an element
  which can cause floods, destroy crops and other
  problems.
• In other folktales there is not enough of an
  element which can cause droughts or death among a
  community.

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Water and Folktales

• The Sorcerers Apprentice is about a boy who
  uses his masters magic charms to teach a broom
  to carry water. His inability to control the
  magic ends up causing a flood.

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Water and Folktales

• In some folktales, such as the tale of the
  Ancient Mariner, men are surrounded by the sea,
  but have no drinking water.

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The Power of Water

• Legends about the magical powers of water are
  common around the world.
• In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida
  while searching for a rumored fountain of youth.
  Drinking this water would make its drinkers young
  again.

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The Power of Water

• Indians from Puerto Rico as well as Native
  Americans honor scared springs and believe water
  can cure illnesses.

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The Power of Water

• In Europe, people visit spas where the waters
  from certain springs also cure diseases or
  improve health.

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The Power of Water

• The use of holy water in some Christian faiths
  stems from Roman beliefs that water can be
  transformed by spells and rituals to protect
  people from harm or bring the dead back to life.

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Predict Analyze

• After reading the first couple chapters
• How does water change their understanding of
  life?
• How does this new understanding about the spring
  water alter the behavior of the characters?