Internal Conflicts In Through The Tunnel

The next day Jerry goes to the wild bay, where he meets some natives. “To be with them, of them, was a craving that filled his whole body.” (Pg. 30) When Jerry sees those in adulthood, he becomes filled with a desire to join them, but when he does they unconsciously exclude him. “. . . and they proceeded to forget him. But he was happy. He was with them.” (Pg.31) Jerry appears not to mind. Slowly, Jerry begins to realize he is very different from the adults. “ They were big boys-men, to Jerry.” (Pg.31) After some time the adult portion of the group easily does something that

Have you ever come across a conflict in your life or multiple conflicts that you had to face? In the novel The Outsiders by the author S.E Hinton, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Darry all have come across many conflicts. Ponyboy, Johnny,and Darry's parents died, and Darry was left to be in charge of the boys. Darry works all the time to be able to provide everything the boys need. Ponyboy faces many conflicts during the like, getting beat up by the Socs, when Ponyboy almost drowned, and when Darry slapped him after coming home late and making excuses.

The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton was published in 1967. The Outsiders is about a fourteen year old named Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of a gang called the Greasers. The novel starts off with members of their rival gang, the Socs (short for socials), and they jump Ponyboy when he’s leaving a theater. Ponyboy’s brothers, Sodapop and Darry, and several other Greasers rescue Ponyboy and the Socs flee. The Socs are richer and they have a better impression than the Greasers. The main conflict in The Outsiders is man vs man and an example of this would be the rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The two gangs don’t get along and members from both gangs fight each other like when Johnny and Bobby fought and Bobby ended up dying; Johnny was just defending himself.

Have you ever thought about how life would be like without your family and friends? Throughout this novel, The Outsiders, By S.E. Hinton, three brother share many common conflicts between each other. Every brother and sister have been in fights or arguments, but after everything, you still love them. Darry, Soda, and Pony have changed dramatically throughout the novel.

Initially, our first thoughts of Jerry at the beginning of the story, is that he acts immature and is burdened within a circle of maternal protection. During the opening of the story, the author conveys Jerry’s relative childishness by labeling him as “the boy”. The author also uses the mother to demonstrate his youth and how he is trapped in a circle of maternal protection which leads us to think that he is lonely due to that reason. In this part, “His mother walks in front of him, carrying a bright white strap in one hand” tells us that because the mother was walking in front of him, it gives us the impression that the mother still thinks of him as a boy that needs to be protected from any potential harm. We see more of Jerry’s immaturity and how the burden of protection leads his actions as we go through the story. During the part where Jerry sees the group of boys acting free-spirited, we see that he is overcome with desire to be with them, probably because he feels that because he is always in the circle of protection making him feel lonely and isolated from everyone. At first, he is added into the group and begins to have fun jumping from the cliff into the water with the other boys. Later on however, he starts to act immature when he realizes he could not do the same thing the other boys were doing. That was, underwater for a long time and going through the dark tunnel and he becomes scared. In this passage,“... In a panic of failure, he yelled up, in English, “Look at me! Look!” and he began splashing and kicking the water like a

Jerry, despite his relative decency, is victimized by the power structure of the school as well as his peers (Bagnall). “Choosing to disturb the universe means that Jerry himself is thrown into chaos” (Junko). His refusal to conform makes him the prime target of both the Vigils and the school officials, despite admiration from his peers. Cormier makes it clear that moral individuals can not survive unaided in a corrupt, oppressive system (Harris et al.). Jerry, while standing up for what he believes is right, is constantly torn down and abused by Archie’s goons. No one, not even his best friend Goober, came to his rescue to combat his oppressors. Arguably, “the reason Jerry was not saved was because he stood alone” (Harris et al.). Jerry stood alone in refusing to take the chocolates, his abuse by the Vigils, and his eventual physical and mental destruction by Janza. In fact, his destruction makes him into a martyr. His surrender in the end makes him an even more realistic hero and shows that it takes more people to fight powerful figures (Peck). Cormier challenges the perception of the modern “Superman” figure and replaces him with an “Average Joe”: a jack of all trades but master at none. Despite his defeat, Jerry’s legacy will live beyond him, whether publicly celebrated or privately discussed by Trinity students (Siegler). Jerry’s battle could have been won if his peers acted against the power structures as

Jerry is haunted by his unimportance. He is unable to regain his composure after he overplays his rebellious actions. Defying the Vigils and Trinity takes its toll. Although

In the short story "Traplines" the writer, Eden Robinson, shows the internal conflict the main character, Will, has trouble in finding his true identity by showing his relationships with the Smythe's, his family, and his friends.

The characterization of Jerry illustrates the stages of maturing and becoming independent. In the beginning of the story, Jerry is depicted as young and immature. The immaturity of Jerry is shown when he is trying to capture the older boys’ attention. In order to capture their attention, “he began splashing and kicking in the water like a foolish dog.” This action conveys that Jerry is still immature, and wants to join the older kids. After seeing the boys pass through the tunnel, Jerry also wants to pass through in order to be a part of their group. In order

Along with the symbols, Through the Tunnel and The Bridge have related triggers, as well as thier moments of insight. Triggers for these stories are the moments of naturally acting without thinking of the consequences or dangers putting themselfs into. By having similar triggers, both are agnologed by acts bravery along with determination: Jerry being determined to be a Big Boy by going through a tunnel deep underwater, as well as The Boy diving from the bridge into the water to save the girl from drowning. Without noticing the dangers, both of the boys after the acts of heroism began to realise they are changing more as a mature adult. By those, Jerry's moment of insight is when over coming the obsticale along as realizing he is successfully growing up, The Boy's is very simular to Jerry's. After realizing the sudden discovery, The Boy told himself that "What one man can do, another man can." showing that he has also over came an obsticale of being frightened of leaving his childhood home. While as in The Scarlet Ibis, the trigger is more negitive- being embarrassed by his crippled little brother. Because of

5. The narrator’s conversation with Miss Clark at the end of the story reveals that Jerry did not really have a mother and that

Perhaps if Jerry had a more forthcoming and open relationship with his father, the ending of the story could have changed.

Chapter 1 • Jerry Renault gets tackled multiple times on the football field, but he keeps getting back up to play • For a moment Jerry doubts his ability to be on the football team but the coach tells him to come back the next day • As Jerry goes to the locker room and feels his pain, he remembered his mother and the of her life •Jerry makes it back to school to get cleaned up but he vomits instead Chapter 2 •Obie and Archie argue about an assignment that list ten people •Archie is unable to be defeated in an arguements due to his "fast comebacks" •Archie is the leader of the vigils •Archie writes down Jerry's name to work for the chocolates Chapter 3 •Jerry feels nervous seeing/ reading a playboy magazine.

There are many characters in the Outsiders book that found their identity in conflict. Bob is one of the characters in the Outsiders that found his identity in conflict. He didn’t have anything to find his identity in and the result of that was finding his identity in conflict and being in a gang. Randy found his identity in conflict and he also rose out of being a person who sought conflict in his everyday life. In the book, Randy participated in beating up Johnny, and certainly in fights with other Greasers.

“Yet, walking down the path with her, he blurted out, ‘I’d like to go and have a look at those rocks down there,’’ (Lessing 1). During the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” Lessing shows that Jerry has an interest in breaking away from his mother early on in the story. He shows a passion for wanting to go to the wild bay, instead of staying with his mother at the safe beach for their vacation. Jerry’s transformation from boy to a young man is revealed in the settings of the safe beach, wild bay, and the journey through the tunnel.