Through the Tunnel

Growing up is never easy: A thematic Analysis of “Through the Tunnel” In “ Through the Tunnel”, the setting Doris Lessing develops the theme “Growing up is never easy“, through mom, Jerry, and setting. Jerry is getting older, and his mom is finally letting up a little bit, and letting him go through the tunnel. Firstly, jerry is growing as a boy but his mother is also growing. Shes transforming from a mother of a young boy to a mother of a adolescent boy. In areas where she used to know little…

The short story “Through the Tunnel” Doris Lessing, the non-fiction story, “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Rider” Bruce Weber, and the novel, “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton, all portray that coming of age is when a person goes through a changing experience which allows them to grow and become their own heroes. Bruce Weber’s non-fiction story “The Loneliness of a Long Distance Rider” portrays that loneliness is the key to coming of age and healing after going through a traumatic experience.…

struggles which lead to victory, but no two are exactly the same. In the short story, “Through the Tunnel” written by Doris Lessing, Jerry, an eleven-year-old boy on vacation with his mother, decides that he wants to go to the other beach. He tries to dive with the native boys but does not succeed his first try. So, instead of giving up, he does what he can to accomplish his goal of swimming through the tunnel. In the film, Tuck Everlasting by Jay Russell, Winnie, a sixteen-year-old girl who…

In the story “Through the Tunnel” Jerry decides to go off on his own to new places. These new places symbolizes something different. Through the description of the settings of the beach, bay, and tunnel, you can find symbolism of coming of age and maturity into adultery. The beach symbolizes childhood. Jerry doesn’t have to worry about anything because his mother is watching him. He can play with no care in the world. The descriptions of the setting that lead me to think the beach symbolizes…

The Painful Tunnel to Achieve Maturity. Archetypal Criticism can be defined as a universal approach that highlights certain patterns within literature uninfluenced by situation, community or culture. In Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing, the characters are categorized into typical roles based on their actions and roles in the story. This enhances the readers’ understanding of the characters’ goals and source of motivation. In addition, symbolic archetypes are attained through the symbols and…

planet eventually goes through the unpleasant phase of adolescence. Growing up is something that we all dread, yet also secretly hope to do. We’d all love to stay children but we also want to grow up and become adults. The short story, “Through the Tunnel,” follows Jerry on his journey into adulthood. The author, Doris Lessing, uses literary elements such as symbolism and imagery to portray the message that maturing is never easy. During Jerry’s transition, he goes through a phase where he…

In the story, “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing a little boy name Jerry goes to the beach and is determined to be a big boy all because of this tunnel. Jerry is influenced that if he goes through a tunnel some boys showed him that he can be the independent grown up boy he wants. Jerry’s whole vacation is dealing with being independent from his mother, determination of being a big boy, and the dangerous acts he lays upon. Throughout the story, the eleven year old boy named Jerry focuses his…

In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, she writes a story about a boy Jerry and his quest to swim through the tunnel. The story may seem normal at first, and may even seem like a quest, but like many authors Lessing has encoded explicit messages and meanings within her story in order to express deeper meaning. Lessing does this in the piece “Through the Tunnel” using imagery to express the hidden explicit message. As Lessing wrote, “They were big boys - men, to Jerry. … He felt he…

it because they are so eager to do it. So was the boy in the story “Through The Tunnel” by Doris Lessing. In the story Jerry want to swim through the tunnel like the other boys. He don’t know if he can make it all the way through the tunnel or not , but he felt he had to prove himself to the other boys that he was tough just like they were. There are many exciting event that are influenced by the story. The story “Through The Tunnel” the setting had and impact on Jerry’s Journey. The first…

being able to accept oneself. Self- acceptance is being pleased with oneself; not caring about other people’s opinions. If children do not learn accept themselves, then they will never be able to truly mature. For example, in the short story Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing the protagonist, Jerry, yearns to be like the older boys. He is juvenile, seeking to fit in; wanting to be approved by the them. He is persistent to prove to them that he can make it…