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    In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing the main character Jerry is young and sees a group boys do something that he finds interesting, Going through the tunnel. The problem is he is too young and too weak to do it. The boys were Judging and excluding him and it made him sad. Jerry used the negative actions of the french boys as motivation to set a goal of swimming through the tunnel before he leaves. Although Jerry is not physically strong or mature he has a large amount of mental

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    Imagine waking up and not remembering a single thing. You’re digging in the past, but the past doesn’t want to be exposed. Daniel, also known as “Hank”, is a lost boy who woke up in Penn station knowing nothing. Not his name, where he’s from, why he’s where is is. Nothing. All he has is a “walden” book as his guide and the memory of a tragic accident that happened with him and his little sister Rosie. Along the way from running, he runs into these two other teenagers. Nessa and Jack. They work for

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    A coming-of-age story, Doris Lessing's "Through the Tunnel" employs three major symbols to connote Jerry's state of being and his rite of passage. In the exposition of the narrative, as Jerry is with his mother... Read the Rest of this Answer for Free Please view an ad from one of our sponsors to see the rest of this answer. Get Answer Then, when Jerry does swim out to the rocks and the wild bay, he leaves the protection of his mother--a "speck of yellow under an umbrella." When he sees the native

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    of strength and stability, but a small percentile of people would disagree. Doris Lessing would fit into the few, as the motif of rocks in her short story, “Through the Tunnel”, are associated with society inflicting modifications and instability upon individuals. The main character Jerry’s initial goal is to travel through a tunnel in order to fit in with the older and cooler kids. During his journey, he encounters or utilises rocks in three different instances, which each represents a way how an

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    In “Through the Tunnel,” the author, Doris Lessing, writes about a vacation of a widow and her son named Jerry. Lessing turns Jerry’s and his mother’s relaxing vacation into a serious one with the tools of symbolism to unveil the hidden message of the rocky bay and the tunnel, vivid imagery of the tunnel, as well as similes and personification regarding Jerry’s attitude towards the adventure; moreover, the author creates an overall tone of determination and wonder to help construct the well-known

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    Todays World

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    unbelievable and amazing they were. In today’s world as well as geographical marvels there are grand engineering projects that have opened up new possibilities and changed millions of people’s lives for the better. Technology, medical treatments, The Channel Tunnel and Robotics are but a few of many that I would consider to be the marvels of today’s world. These wonders make our lives easier, more efficient and convenient. We can 't imagine our lives today without telephones, televisions, emails, cars, planes

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    Introduction In 2007, Britain’s first high speed railway was completed on time and within Budget, This project was initially known as ‘Channel tunnel Rail link’ and renamed HS1 in November 2006. HS1 runs at a speed of 300km/h between the channel tunnel and London. In this report, the writer will be discussing the various management features of the HS1 and analyzing the management of the programme. Objective of HS1 Program To develop a national railway system effectively, it is essential to establish

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    I hope to wake up one day to find cancer was only a Zodiac Sign, I prayed every night. We are surrounded with ill people, we come into contact with them almost everyday, and we read stories of sick people all the time. However, there is a huge difference between reading about a celebrity that has been diagnosed with some kind of illness and discovering that my own father has been diagnosed with Stomach Cancer. A wise man once said, “A father is a son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love.” In

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    PROJECT ANALYSIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Channel Tunnel is one of Europe's biggest infrastructure projects ever. The 50.45km long tunnel has fulfilled this old dream by linking Britain and the rest of Europe. The idea of a fixed link between Britain and France was first mooted by a French engineer in 1802; it connects England and France 50m below the seabed of the English Channel. It's not just a tunnel, but a huge infrastructure containing massive machinery

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    Through The Tunnel

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    accomplishment, there are obstacles the hero has to overcome. Doris Lessing, a British novelist, had a very hard childhood, full of struggles to survive, and yet she published 86 novels and won a Nobel Prize in Literature. In Lessing’s short story “Through the Tunnel,” the main character Jerry faces the challenge of swimming through a long underwater passage. A close examination of the story shows dark objects represent setbacks while the light represents achievement. Thus, the initial darkness of the tunnel’s

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