Tanner Sack Mrs.Willett English I‚ Period 5 3 December 2012 Keeping Your Head in It Doris Lessing’s short story‚ “Through the Tunnel” teaches the reader that if you put your mind to something‚ you can achieve anything. The universal theme is revealed through the dynamic struggle of the protagonist and the vivid imagery of the setting. In the beginning of the story‚ Jerry meets the native boys‚ who show him the tunnel. The native boys see one of the older boys swim
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Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing Conflicts can arise in many ways. In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ an eleven year old boy named Jerry is vacationing at the shore in France. Feeling lonely and bored he wanders off to a rocky beach to join a group of French boys‚ older than he‚ who are diving and swimming there. As a foreigner he finds himself ignored by them‚ but discovers they are swimming through a long underwater tunnel and he is determined that he will do the same someday
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family is his utmost priority. In the film‚ he is seen providing for his family financially‚ protecting his family at riots‚ and shielding his children from the mature topics of the time. Conventional success in a merely monetary way is his goal. Through the film‚ he is depicted in an opulent‚ luxurious house‚ with an ornate car. Norman enjoys the benefits of his job‚ but his changes in life are for his greed and acceptance with his associates. He tries to alter his wife’s morals for not helping the
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Max Lerner once said “The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” Doris Lessing illustrates this point in her short story‚ “Through the Tunnel.” In the short story‚ Jerry‚ a young‚ English boy‚ finds himself by overcoming the obstacles of adolescence. As the story opens‚ readers learn that Jerry‚ who is on vacation with his mother‚ is eleven years old--a time during which many boys begin to distance themselves from their
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Novel Response #1 A novel that i have studied is called ’A Walk To Remember’ by Nicholas Spark. I liked this novel because of the characters‚ the plot and the message "Love conquers all." In this essay I will go more into depth of these points. The main characters are Landon Carter‚ a rich‚ popular and troubled guy who falls in love with Jamie Sullivan an unpopular‚ very shy and religious girl. I like how Nicholas Spark brings two very different characters together and creates a strong bond between
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The novel called “A Long Walk to Water”‚ a boy named John is the main character. John is very different than me‚ and I would like to show the differences of chores and climate‚ but there are also similarities such as honoring an important person when they pass away. To tell how things are for boys in Sudan to the boys here in the U.S. In the novel‚ the females go do chores such as lead the cows outside‚ cleaning the floor and cooking while the males go hunting and protect the cattle which are very
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Bill Bryson the author of the short story A Walk in the Woods’ constructs the story in a certain way to try to get the reader to accept his attitudes and values about how dangerous and death defying Earl V. Shaffer and other’s are in attempting to travel the trail. He uses the techniques of emotive language‚ unusual language and use of first hand accounts in the short story A Walk in the Woods . The use of descriptive and humorous language‚ combined with conversational text has allowed Bryson
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A Walk to Remember Movie analysis Part 1: The movie is talking about Jamie (Mandy Moore) and Landon (Shane West) as popular bad boy follows the lives of these two Beaufort‚ North Carolina‚ high school students as they each grow and learn from each other through life’s tender moments and unexpected trials. Jamie is a star-gazing‚ Bible-toting priest daughter‚ who‚ because of her strict Baptist upbringing‚ wears mostly loose-fitting dresses and sweaters. Landon‚ on the other
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In “Through the Tunnel‚” Doris Lessing is the theme. The author uses Jerry‚ mom‚ and the setting to develop the theme. The theme is growth requires risk and struggle. Doris Lessing‚ talks about this creative short story that talks about Jerry‚ 12 years old‚ an English boy‚ has a goal set and he is on a mission to swim through the tunnel for two minutes and has to work hard to achive it. Jerry‚ the young English boy helps build the theme as he shows determination‚ hard work and a positive mindset
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MOVIE ANALYSIS: A WALK TO REMEMBER A Walk To Remember is a romantic movie based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks. It is a 2002 Warner Bros film which starred the 90s pop singer Mandy Moore as the demure‚ religious‚ and bookish Jamie Sullivan and punk rock musician Shane West as the popular but rebellious Landon Carter. Directed by Adam Shankman‚ the story is set in the small town of Beaufort‚ North Carolina. Landon and his entourage of hooligans have an initiation ritual which‚ as usual‚ involved
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