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In Doris Lessing’s “Through the Tunnel”, Lessing uses imagery in order to show the audience that the transition from childhood to adulthood is a quest in itself. Lessing reveals that Jerry’s quest isn’t just to swim at the bay, but is to become a man by suggesting that swimming through the tunnel represents manhood and to become like the boys at the bay who Jerry idolizes as being men. It is evident that Lessing incorporates explicit overtones into her writing because in the text “It’s All About

In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing the protagonist Jerry’s two personality traits are that he's immature and that he is determined. One of the two personality traits are that he’s immature. In paragraph 13 it says that Jerry said, “ Look at me! Look! And he began splashing and kicking like a foolish dog.” Jerry was doing this foolish act to try and get the big boys attention because they were leaving him. Another thing that Jerry did was in paragraph 21 it says that Jerry grabbed

In life, one must overcome their fears in order to achieve or successfully attain a certain goal in their mind. The short story “Through the Tunnel”, by Doris Lessing tells us about how Jerry builds confidence and maturity throughout the story, by overcoming his fear of going through the dark and scary tunnel underneath the water. The author portrays the idea of overcoming one’s fear to achieve a goal through Jerry, who was once a childish and isolated character, had begun his risky adventure of

Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was a British novelist, poet and playwright. She was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1955, she wrote the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” which is one of her famous stories. At “the crowded beach” (Lessing 1), Jerry, the young English boy, and his widowed mother take a holiday. They have enjoyed their holidays on the beach for many years, but this year, he is interested in “a wild and rocky bay” (Lessing 1) near the beach and goes there for the first time

In Doris Lessing’s short story,“Through the Tunnel,” examines a boy named Jerry and his “rite of passage” to prove to himself and to the older boys that he too could swim down to the underwater tunnel. Jerry’s controlling characteristic comes from his determination to swim down to the tunnel just like the older boys. This characteristic motivates this character because he has a desire to become like the older boys and he will do anything to accomplish his goal. Jerry, an eleven year old boy who

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

As ballets were about telling stories or formulating movements, modern dance broke the rules and started to focus more on individual expressions. Loie Fuller (1862 – 1928), Doris Humphrey (1895-1958), and Ruth St. Denis (1877-1968) were pioneering women who took a stand and used their dance performance to speak up for women’s rights. Using dance, they significantly contributed to the Feminist movement in which they embraced self-expression and creativity so that women could be acknowledged in the

In the short coming of age story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, the author utilizes peer pressure to show the fear of growing up. In the beginning of the story, the bay represents freedom to Jerry. “He went out fast over the gleaming sand, over a middle region where rocks lay like discolored monsters under the surface, and then he was in the real sea—a warm sea where irregular cold currents from the deep water shocked his limbs.”(Lessing) Being out alone in the middle of a dangerous bay makes

Through the tunnel is a story about a young boy, Jerry who visits the beach with his mother and soon he is determined to pass through an underwater tunnel and prove himself capable of performing the task. Despite the fact that the other people around him speak a foreign language, Jerry does not want to lose his pride. As described, the story takes place on what is considered to be a “safe beach”(182) and at the floor of the beach is a “wild bay,”(182)“high up among red-brown rocks”(182). The

Religion is only a brief snippet of Doris Yates’ story, but it holds a great deal of importance when regarding relationships between characters and Doris’ outlook on society and morality. At the story’s beginning, Doris is cleaning the pulpit, the raised platform or stage on which the pastor stands to preach his sermons. The fact that Doris is being made to clean the place where the pastor would soon stand proves that her status is lower