Through The Tunnel Analysis
At a young age, life can feel like a jigsaw puzzle. When taking a look at the pieces, a person may not know where to start. All he/she can see is the different colors, shapes, and the amount of detail on each one. As pieces can be difficult to put together obstacles in life can be challenging to overcome. The longer someone takes to understand why the pieces can’t fit, the longer it takes to reach the end goal. For an individual to move beyond adolescence, he/she must learn from obstacles to ultimately reach adulthood. In the short story, “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, Jerry is confronted by challenge of choosing to swim underwater to impress a group of boys at the beach. In the video The Wonder Years, the main character Kevin Arnold faces a problem of getting
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over Winnie Cooper after a devastating breakup. Inside the Walls of Troy written by Clemence McLaren tells the tale of two girls, Helen and Cassandra, who must overcome a series of problems during the time of the Trojan War.
As each character takes steps towards their goal, changes will start to appear, setting a clear path in the right direction.
Before people can grow, they must face a major obstacle during their childhood. Without this progression, adulthood could never be achieved or developed in life. In “Through the Tunnel” it states, “He could see the hole. It was an irregular, dark gap; but he could not see deep into it” (Lessing 4). At this part, Jerry sees the boys swimming through a long dark tunnel at wild beach. Although he is at the beach it is clear that if he can’t make it through the tunnel, than he can’t be apart of their group. This hurdle becomes symbolic transition from a child to a man. The dark underwater hole in the rock represents the passage into adulthood. As Jerry is facing a difficult problem in his life, so are Kevin and Helen. In the clip of The Wonder Years, Kevin describes how he feels about the breakup with Winnie Cooper. “Believe me nothings happened’ (Kevin), ‘Yes it has (Winnie)” (The Wonder Years). While Winnie has accepted this fact already, their relationship is deeply influenced by
her decisions, which Kevin has not come to grasp. He is in denial with Winnie and himself, which is showing Kevin’s struggle with the obstacle. Kevin must learn to endure that his relationship with Winnie is over and only when this happens he can move forward. In the book Inside the Walls Of Troy Helen encounters many problems. In the text it states, “Leave Menelaus?’ I said slowly. ‘He’d have to be dead, not drunk. They’d catch us before we got to the coast’ I shivered. And what of Hermione? Could I commit the sin of taking with me? Could I commit the sin of leaving her behind?” (McLaren, 60) This quote describes Helen’s major obstacle. She is faced with the decision of whether or not to run away with Paris or to stay with her family. Although there are many problems in this book, this obstacle however is the most defining one of them all. It tells the readers what Helen values more and what she deeply desires. Helen chooses Paris and although she doesn’t no it, this choice is the leading factor of the Trojan War. As each character faces their own obstacles they each learn how difficult it can be to overcome them. In order for a teenager to discover what they have learned from their challenges, they must think about their situations in a new way.
over Winnie Cooper after a devastating breakup. Inside the Walls of Troy written by Clemence McLaren tells the tale of two girls, Helen and Cassandra, who must overcome a series of problems during the time of the Trojan War.
As each character takes steps towards their goal, changes will start to appear, setting a clear path in the right direction.
Before people can grow, they must face a major obstacle during their childhood. Without this progression, adulthood could never be achieved or developed in life. In “Through the Tunnel” it states, “He could see the hole. It was an irregular, dark gap; but he could not see deep into it” (Lessing 4). At this part, Jerry sees the boys swimming through a long dark tunnel at wild beach. Although he is at the beach it is clear that if he can’t make it through the tunnel, than he can’t be apart of their group. This hurdle becomes symbolic transition from a child to a man. The dark underwater hole in the rock represents the passage into adulthood. As Jerry is facing a difficult problem in his life, so are Kevin and Helen. In the clip of The Wonder Years, Kevin describes how he feels about the breakup with Winnie Cooper. “Believe me nothings happened’ (Kevin), ‘Yes it has (Winnie)” (The Wonder Years). While Winnie has accepted this fact already, their relationship is deeply influenced by
her decisions, which Kevin has not come to grasp. He is in denial with Winnie and himself, which is showing Kevin’s struggle with the obstacle. Kevin must learn to endure that his relationship with Winnie is over and only when this happens he can move forward. In the book Inside the Walls Of Troy Helen encounters many problems. In the text it states, “Leave Menelaus?’ I said slowly. ‘He’d have to be dead, not drunk. They’d catch us before we got to the coast’ I shivered. And what of Hermione? Could I commit the sin of taking with me? Could I commit the sin of leaving her behind?” (McLaren, 60) This quote describes Helen’s major obstacle. She is faced with the decision of whether or not to run away with Paris or to stay with her family. Although there are many problems in this book, this obstacle however is the most defining one of them all. It tells the readers what Helen values more and what she deeply desires. Helen chooses Paris and although she doesn’t no it, this choice is the leading factor of the Trojan War. As each character faces their own obstacles they each learn how difficult it can be to overcome them. In order for a teenager to discover what they have learned from their challenges, they must think about their situations in a new way.