“Through the Tunnel” A risk that almost takes a life In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ there is a boy whose name is Jerry. He is a big mamma’s boy. In the story he goes away from his mama‚ and into the bay with his friends. Jerry and his friends in the bay find an underwater tunnel‚ and they all swam through except Jerry‚ but Jerry takes a dangerous risk. Then Jerry shows that he has matured because at the beginning of the story he really only talks and stays by his mom and now
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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
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we must face. It is up to us‚ however‚ how we go about overcoming them. Throughout Doris Lessing’s “Through the Tunnel”‚ she uses numerous literary techniques in order to make the reader sympathize for Jerry‚ the story’s protagonist. Most notably‚ Lessing uses a plethora of imagery to give a mind- blowing vision on what is happening. She also uses symbolism‚ which gives us a deeper meaning than what is on the surface. Not to mention‚ during the story‚ her distinct tone changes dramatically. These techniques
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because they do not have a clear answer and hence‚ remains a controversial topic and reverberates across time. Therefore‚ the solutions offered by these speeches also resonates beyond the contextual audience and holds value for the modern responder. Lessing spoke to the general public‚ through the Nobel lectures‚ to discuss the issue of world poverty. She focused her speech on the relationship between education and poverty and as such‚ conveyed education as the means to escape poverty. Atwood’s oration
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In “Sixteen” by Maureen Daly and in “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ both of the main characters struggle through an internal struggle‚ which nearly destroys them both. Let me dive into more detail about this. In “Sixteen”‚ we follow a naïve teenage girl of the age‚ you guessed it‚ of sixteen. Despite trying to prove to us that she isn’t a dumb kid‚ she does the opposite and proves she is that dumb kid she worries she is. I’m sixteen and even I know she’s ignorant and hasn’t suffered like I
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The old man‚ is not given a name nor a proper physical description by the writer perhaps to rouse the reader’s emotions by letting him think of the grandfather as a universal figure. This may be an important factor in the short story as older generations can relate to the feelings of the grandfather and younger generations to the feelings of the granddaughter. Though he is old‚ the grandfather is very active in that he keeps birds and trains homing pigeons. In the beginning of the story‚ when the
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Information systems (IS) focuses on the system making use of technology and information technology (IT) focuses on technology and how it can help in disseminating information. Usually Information system are build using the information technology. Information system referring to system designed to create‚ store‚ manipulate‚ communicate and disseminate information. Information systems typically include an IT component but are not purely concerned with IT‚ focusing in instead‚ on the end use of
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Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows The operating systems Linux®‚ Macintosh® (Mac) and Microsoft® Windows® are the main software to every computer system to run properly along with other hardware. These operating systems (OS ’s) are very different in several ways‚ but they also have some similarities too. Linux‚ Mac and Windows use memory management‚ process management‚ file management and security management to operate the computer systems correctly
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been many cases that have made an effort to abolish segregation. Two cases that didn’t just make an effort‚ but did just that were Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education. They were related to each other as well because one changed the precedent established in the other. They also helped the country identify more with freedom than slavery. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case happened in 1892 and was about a man named Homer Plessy who was an octoroon. He bought a ticket and sat in a whites only
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Google Drive vs. SkyDrive vs. Dropbox vs. iCloud Jia Shi Yidi Zhang Nan Song Ly Le INTRODUCTION Along with the development speed of technology‚ the amount of data passing by or consumed by people around the world keeps growing rapidly. The storage devices seem to unable for storing growing data amount. In addition‚ maintenance and back-up of data are needed just in case of accident. To meet the needs mentioned above‚ the cloud computing is developed especially cloud storage which have
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