Everybody has had something that they wanted to do and no matter what the consequences of them doing it is , they still do 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 impact the setting had on the character was when jerry first went to his vacation and walked onto the shore he knew this place really well. “Going to the shore on the first morning of the vacation, the young English boy stopped at a turning of the path and looked down at a wild and rocky bay, and then over the crowded beach he knew so well from other years” (29). This is how jerry journey through the tunnel began. The next way the setting impact on the characters is when jerry was walking on the beach he see’s a bay rock and it catches his eyes. “ I’d like to go and have a look at those rocks down there” ( 30 ). this is where jerry gets a lil curious about the the rocks and wants to find out more. The last place that have …show more content…
Jerry Figured that If He went through this tunnel he would prove to himself and others. That even though he was 11 he was becoming a big boy now. “They were big boys, men, to Jerry. He dived, and they watched him” (31).He would go under water to prove he was a big boy to. A symbol that this story show is that wanting to not grow up fast is not so bad after all. “ It was no longer of the least importance to go to the bay” (36). He had already y been through the tunnel and what where he was expecting his outcome to be it wasn't as exciting as he
The first impact the setting had on the character was when jerry first went to his vacation and walked onto the shore he knew this place really well. “Going to the shore on the first morning of the vacation, the young English boy stopped at a turning of the path and looked down at a wild and rocky bay, and then over the crowded beach he knew so well from other years” (29). This is how jerry journey through the tunnel began. The next way the setting impact on the characters is when jerry was walking on the beach he see’s a bay rock and it catches his eyes. “ I’d like to go and have a look at those rocks down there” ( 30 ). this is where jerry gets a lil curious about the the rocks and wants to find out more. The last place that have …show more content…
Jerry Figured that If He went through this tunnel he would prove to himself and others. That even though he was 11 he was becoming a big boy now. “They were big boys, men, to Jerry. He dived, and they watched him” (31).He would go under water to prove he was a big boy to. A symbol that this story show is that wanting to not grow up fast is not so bad after all. “ It was no longer of the least importance to go to the bay” (36). He had already y been through the tunnel and what where he was expecting his outcome to be it wasn't as exciting as he