Tuck+Everlasting+Questions

Miles & Jesse By: Micaela Stanly

Jesse and Miles Tuck share some similarities, but their differences both affect their feelings of mortality greatly. They both have experienced different things, have different emotions and feelings, and they both have different thoughts and perspectives in general, because they are two completely different people - and everyone has a different opinion or perspective about something. Age plays a big factor in feelings. Miles is 22, and Jesse is 17. It doesn’t necessarily mean that Miles is older, it means that Miles has had more life experiences and been through more because he is older. He has five years more experience then Jesse. Jesse, however is only 17, and hasn’t had as many experiences as Miles. Jesse isn’t even really considered an adult, he is still a teenager. Miles is an adult, and he was married, he fell in love, had children, etc. In the end, his family (wife) left him because he wasn’t getting any older, and she and the children were. Miles lost everything, and after that he didn’t really see a point in living forever. I think he wants to life, grow old, and die just like everything else. He doesn’t want to have to experience the same things over and over and over again. Jesse hasn’t experienced any of that, and he is still looking for love, and he hasn’t been through a situation like that, so he thinks that everything is good, and that he wants to live forever and keep experiencing and exploring new things. Jesse is young, and just wants to have fun, find love, and live life. Miles doesn’t really see the point in living forever like Jesse does, because he already married, had children, etc. - and he lost it all. Miles & Jesse’s differences are their lifestyles, experiences, and thoughts & feelings as individuals.