![]() ![]() ![]() And that would have been a disaster so immense that this weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin. ![]() The people would have noticed the giant ash tree at the center of the wood, and then, in time, they’d have noticed the little spring bubbling up among its roots in spite of the pebbles piled there to conceal it. Like Babbitt's daughter, Winnie will eventually come to see the significance of her own mortality, and will make the best of her life. The Tucks long for mortality, which Babbitt’s daughter and all other human beings already possess. This quote also suggests the reason why Babbitt wrote this book: to convince her daughter that living forever actually wouldn’t be that great after all. The quotation above suggests that this is because she has always known that she has the option of visiting it, and so it has never seemed like a priority to do so. However, she has never been particularly interested in this area until recently. Winnie looks out at the forest, which her family owns, from the gated yard. Nothing ever seems interesting when it belongs to you-only when it doesn’t. ![]()
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