The theme? There isn't one. There are quite a few themes in the book Tuck Everlasting. It's actually kind of amazing how many themes are packed into such a short book. It's only 139 pages long, and in those 139 pages can be found themes on life, death, time, choices, love, and friendship.
The theme of love is demonstrated in a few ways. There is a budding romance between Jesse and Winnie for sure, but there are other examples of non-romantic love too. For example it's clear that the Tuck family loves each other and loves Winnie as one of their own. It's also obvious that Winnie loves the Tuck family back. It's why she is willing to help out with the escape near the end of the book.
Remember that a main plot of the book is whether or not Winnie is going to choose to drink the spring water or not. It's her choice, but it's not an easy choice, because it forces her to wrestle with very real questions about life and death.
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