Because like a rock on a road, everything passes you by and you just sit there not changing. The Tuck family is unable to change after drinking from the spring. The world just passes them by.
she said that their we rocks on the road
Angus Tuck compared memories to rocks beside the road because they are solid and enduring, always there to be revisited and remembered. Just like rocks, memories can serve as markers of our past experiences and milestones along the journey of life.
In "Tuck Everlasting," Angus Tuck compares himself and his family to rocks beside the road to illustrate their timelessness and permanence. Just as rocks remain unchanged and endure through the passage of time, the Tucks are immortal and have lived for many years without aging. This metaphor highlights their isolation from the natural cycle of life and death, emphasizing the burdens and challenges that come with eternal life.
In "Tuck Everlasting," Angus Tuck uses the metaphor of being "like a rock beside the road" to express the idea of being unchanging and enduring. Just as a rock remains stationary and unaffected by the passage of time or external circumstances, the Tuck family experiences a perpetual existence due to their immortality. This comparison highlights their isolation from the natural flow of life and death, illustrating the consequences of their eternal condition.
Tuck says this because he feels that their family has always stayed in the same place, like rocks on the side of the road. He is reflecting on how the passage of time has affected them and how they have endured challenges together.
He doesn't like it he tells Winnie that the Tucks are not living they just are like rocks on the side of a stream they just sit there while life and people go through time without them.
"time is like a wheel, and we are just mud on the side of the rode, while it goes by"--angus tuck
no he was kind of angry.
"time is like a wheel, and we are just mud on the side of the rode, while it goes by"--angus tuck
he compares himself to a rock because he thought that being an immortal was painful,they seem to be forgotten and abandoned,just like the rocks that are stuck on the road,lifeless,off the wheel of life.
because rocks never die and they never die because of the pond
Angus Tuck said that if everyone found out about the special spring that they would all come running like pigs just to get at least a drop of the water from the special spring!!