Tuck Everlasting Anticipation Guide Anticipatory Guide: Helps to get you thinking about the topic and activates all of that knowledge you have stored up in your brain! Before Reading: Read the statements and decide whether you agree or disagree with them. Under each statement explain whether you agree or disagree with each statement and explain your reasoning/thinking.

1. Nothing can ever change who we really are; we always follow a set of beliefs that were formed early in life.

2. We are driven by loyalty to those things/people we care for the most.

3. We never really “grow up”, but rather we stay essentially the same throughout our lives.

4. I am willing to risk anything for those I love.

5. Your looks determine how you feel more than any accomplishment.

6. Pride can really hurt you if you let it.

7. People are always searching for hope more than anything else.

8. Without dreams, we have nothing to live for.

9. We are a product of our environment more than our genetics.

10. We should try to control our own destiny rather than wait for something else to control it.