Through The Tunnel Short Story

Which answer is right? They both seem right. I must have been wrong the first time; nope, I was right the first time. I wish I stuck with my first answer. This idea of following your intuition is stressed in the novel Tunnels by Roderick Gordon. When Will and his friend Chester get trapped in an underground city after Will’s father disappears and gets trapped, Will is in for a shock. Already skeptical about this underground city and the people in it, Will can’t believe it when he is told that his family is from here. As illustrated in this book and in life, always trust your instincts.

The short story through the tunnel by Doris Lessing explores the idea of the struggles a child faces when

People often learn a lot about themselves through their own decisions and struggles. “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing is about an eleven-year-old boy named Jerry. During vacation in France, the boy and his mother enjoy themselves daily by the shore. The boy wants to imitate the French boys who swim through a challenging tunnel, and he overcomes this challenge eventually. Form the safe beach to the tunnel, Jerry’s maturity is tested. The setting in “Through the Tunnel” has an impact on the characters, the plot, and the symbols.

The transition from childhood to adolescence is a difficult process with many obstacles. In Doris Lessing’s short story, “Through the Tunnel”, this idea is expressed when Jerry decides to leave the safe beach and play in the rocky bay. He strives to be like the older boys, but he can only do that when he matures enough. In Doris Lessing’s “Through the Tunnel,” the author demonstrates the many obstacles present in going from childhood to adolescence using symbolism and imagery.

In the short story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing a young boy named Jerry takes on the risky challenge of swimming through a narrow and long underwater tunnel on his holiday at the beach. It is an interesting story with a variety of remarkable characters.

Having a goal helps people plan and motivate their desire to achieve what they’re aiming for. Setting goals is the first step of the process and it begins with what they want to do. Achieving goals take sacrifice, commitment, and overcoming obstacles on the path. The short story, “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing is about achieving a goal. A single mother and her child, Jerry, are on vacation at a beach. Jerry meets some local boys and watch them swim underwater for a long time. Jerry decides to set a goal and swim through the underwater tunnel. Lessing's characterization of Jerry shows that to achieve a goal, one must prepare, practice, and sacrifice. Characterization is revealed when the local boys leave Jerry, when Jerry practices breathing underwater, and when he achieves his goal.

In "Sixteen" the narrator went through a conflict: the narrator went to a skating rink close to where she lived  and she met a boy she fell in love with a boy from her school that spends the night spending time having fun  with her and after they spend time together he walks the narrator home and when they get to the narrator's house he tell her "Good night now. I'll call you" and she never got a call back from him and she felt devastated because of that the narrator probably will not fall in love so easily with a man she knew or just met. "Through the Tunnel" a conflict and how it got resolved when a young english boy named Jerry and his mom went on vacation at the beach. He asked his mom if he could go to the adult part of the beach and she

Doris Lessing’s story, Through the tunnel, shows many examples of symbolic and literal meanings. When Jerry and his mother first arrived on vacation he saw the wild bay and the safe beech. The wild bay symbolizes adolescence for Jerry and the safe beech symbolizes his young childhood years. The literal meaning to the wild bay and the safe beech is basically a wild bay and a safe beech. When Jerry was at the safe beech his mother was there to watch him and help him, so it’s practically his childhood. Jerry moves into adolescence by going to the wild bay alone, without his mother to watch him. He sees the older boys and wanted their acceptance to be like them and to feel their age. He then realizes that they can hold their breath for a minute

There have been many times in my life when I have felt alone. Although in sixth grade I had the worst experience of my life, leaving my more alone than ever. I had many friends in the fourth and fifth grades. Except there were three girls I just wanted to be the best of friends with. These days, that reminds me of when Jerry, the main character in the short story “Through the Tunnel” , sees a group of boys while on vacation, and decided he wanted to be their friend.

When I was 12 my mom let me start letting me sit in the front seat. I thought this was the coolest thing ever. Before I had to always ride in the back. I wasn’t ever able to ride up front until I turned 12. Since I turned 12 I gained more independence. When I turned 14 my parents bought me a phone. This especially gave me a lot more independance because I could contact people. When I turned 15 my parents let me get a hardship to be able to drive to

Being determined and working hard is a vital part of growing up. In the short story, Through the Tunnel written by Doris Lessing, a boy named Jerry trains diligently to accomplish his goal. This story begins with Jerry and his mother going to the beach. At the beach, Jerry sees some older boys, and wants to be just like them. Jerry is fascinated when they go under the water for long periods of time without coming up for air. Jerry is determined to be able to do that as well, and he spends all his time from that point forward training. Through Jerry’s fortitude, the author reveals how sticking to the plan, staying on target, and working hard can lead to achieving your goals.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

At the age of six my parents got a divorce. Of course I was too young to understand what that meant so I replied with, "OK, can we get pizza tonight?" It did in fact have a dramatic impact on my life. My dad moved up to Wisconsin while I stayed in Tennessee, so I only got to see him winter break and half of my summers. I didn't know to many people up there so I spent a lot of time alone, but I actually came to to like and enjoy that time. It was like a vacation from my life in Tennessee so I could just get away from reality. It was in those solitary hours I developed my love of philosophy, reading, building, art, and more importantly defined who I was as a person. I acquired ( what I hoped to be) better morals by scrutinizing my every

I was so excited on the way to the train station. I had never been to new york city before but my mom had told me all kinds of stories about how great it was, and I was so ecstatic. After what felt like hours, we had finally reached the train station. I opened the car door and stepped my tennis shoe on the wet rainy ground. We entered the train station and while my dad walked off to talk to the ticket man i just admired the station, all the different people going to different places facinated me.

When I turned 8, my parents bought me and my sister a hamster. We were so excited. I promised them that we would take a full responsibility for her. We didn’t think twice about all the work we had to do. We were just thrilled about our new family member.