All people face obstacles that provides many different challenges. Such as Physical, mental, or even both. This struggle is especially captured in the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing. Throughout the story the author uses several different recurring challenges that both face mental and physical. The setting in “Through the Tunnel” has an impact on the characters, plot, and symbolism. Doris Lessing uses the underwater tunnel in order to symbolize growing up, determination, and proving himself as an individual.
All people face obstacles that provides many different challenges. Such as Physical, mental, or even both. This struggle is especially captured in the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” by Doris Lessing. Throughout the story the author uses several different recurring challenges that both face mental and physical. The setting in “Through the Tunnel” has an impact on the characters, plot, and symbolism. Doris Lessing uses the underwater tunnel in order to symbolize growing up, determination, and proving himself as an individual.