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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. In the story, Jerry is on holiday at the beach with his mother, when he sees a group of older men diving through an underwater tunnel. This fascinates him so he starts practicing to hold his breath and dive until he can be like them. When

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

Fast Tracking Design and Construction Phases. The implementation phase of the Chunnel Tunnel was rife with risks and issues as the project team opted to fast track the design and construction phases of the project (Anbari, et al.,2005, p. 12). Fast tracking is described by the Project Management Institute (2013, p. 540) as a schedule compression technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration. Typically, project

Others 7 Works Cited 9 1.  Executive summary The Chunnel Tunnel project was initiated to connect via a tunnel France and England. It was among the biggest privately funded infrastructure projects ever. Fifty kilometres long, the tunnel extended under the English Channel from France to England. It required the collaboration of two very different government entities, with very different policies. The tunnel was designed and built by Trans Manche Link a private group and financed by

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. Since a young age, Jerry has always gone to the safe beach with

In the short story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessig, the main character Jerry teaches the reader that you can achieve your goals if you put dedication towards them, because he puts his time into exercising his lungs so he can stay underwater, and he also does not give up even when he does too much and his nose begins bleeding. “Again and again he rose, took a big chestful of air, and went down. Again and again he groped over the surface of the rock, feeling it, almost hugging it in the desperate

bones are all attached together by strong bands of tissue called ligaments. Blood vessles and nerves also cross the wrist joint. The nerves allow for feeling and mouvement of the wrist while the blood vessles provide nutrients. The carpal tunnel is a small tunnel

her short story, “Through the Tunnel”, are associated with modifications and instability. The main character, Jerry’s initial goal is to travel through a tunnel in order to fit in with the older and cooler kids. Throughout his journey, he encounters or utilises rocks in three different instances. He uses rocks to weigh himself down during training, he finds rocks scattered across the white ocean floor, and he is met with sharp rocks as he travels through the tunnel. Doris Lessing’s message of not

story “through the tunnel”, she uses many different literary devices to express various aspects of her protagonist’s coming of age. Specifically, one of the most emphasized themes throughout the whole story involves Doris Lessing’s use of symbolism and characterization to relay the ways in which physical and mental conflict build maturity of character. In her story, Jerry, a young boy, makes a transition from boyhood to adulthood by simply swimming through an underwater tunnel. There are many

Literary Criticism “Through the Tunnel” As the black, brick sunk to the bottom of the pool I knew that I was going to get the going to get the brick, but it would be difficult. I took the biggest breath my lungs could hold, and pushed myself to the bottom. When I get to the bottom my lungs were already aching. I kick my legs so hard I felt the burn. My oxygen supply is almost out when I reach the surface I am amazed. I had done it. Was this experience at Vogel pool similar to what Jerry the main