Janeane Garofalo

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

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

It is often thought that growing up is something children do with the assistance of adults; however, for many young children this is far from the case. Some children will learn important lessons and mature from taking risks. This is the case for Jerry from the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” written by Doris Lessing. In this story Jerry and his mother took daily trips down to the beach. Over time, Jerry becomes curious of the lagoon away from his safe beach and decides to explore. After a while

Have you ever think about you are in the wild by alone? Then, what do you think about that? Most of people usually think that is impossible or terrible. However, main character of Hatchet survive in the wild by only hatchet. The book of Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen is a story about surviving in the wild as alone. Through his story, Gary Paulsen tells the readers that big courage need in every hard situation. The story begins when the plane fell from virtue. While Brian Robeson, thirteen

Society today is beginning to think more about themselves and less about others. Many people would desire to live a life solely benificial to themselves rather than benefiting others on the way. This is considered selfish, considering it can cause problems for others. In his book Into the Wild , Jon Krakaur portrays well that Chris’s actions made him inherently selfish. He created sentimental relationships and left a vast amount of them. Not only did he leave all of those people, but he left his

Christopher Maurice Brown was born May 5, 1989. He was born in Tappahannock, Virginia. He was known for his singing talent when he joined his church choir. Chris had a tough childhood. He witnessed his stepfather abusing his mother. The things he went through could relate to me in that same exact way. February 8, 2009 he brutally beat up his then-girlfriend. Anyway, personally think he witnessed it so much that in his relationship with Rihanna he had so much anger and he blacked out from the arguments

1. hris felt despair about his life and recognizing the reality of him not being able to accomplish his goal, yet he still attempted to escape from reality. Therefore, he joins the army. However, Chris was a passive and static character, thus the violence and brutality of the war didn’t suit him. As a consequence, his passive nature turned aggressive. Six months later, Vanessa received a letter about Chris being put into the provincial mental hospital because of a mental breakdown. 2. Chris went

Chris has expressed in interest in playing violent video games and watching violent movies. He reports that one of his life goals is to visit Germany and the insane asylums. His second life goal is to kill someone before he dies. Chris has expressed an interest in blood and the thought of hurting other people. While expressing these opinions, he appeared to become excited and spoke of stabbing people and watching them bleed out. He has wondered what it would feel like to feel the knife as penetrated

Domino The number 1 is a recurring theme in ¨Into the Wild¨. First, it is directly symbolized in the way that Chris is trying to complete his journey on his own. He backs this idea up by never wanting anyone’s help or money and doing things on his own. An instance of doing things on his own occured when he left with his car to begin his journey and drove and drove until his car broke down. Also, he found a job at McDonalds in order to get money for his rent of his trailer, instead of just rooming

Most people look at Chris’s story as nothing but an ignorant kid attempting to follow his dreams. Others think differently about his lifestyle and the wilderness odyssey he had. They see that he brought a positive look on life and he showed how difficult it could be to attempt and live in the wilderness. Showing how difficult it could be to live out there brought awareness to the issue of survival. Maybe that was Chris’s point, he went out there to show people how difficult it was to survive in the