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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The major theme in Doris Lessing’s short story “A Woman on the Roof” is female sexuality‚ which is juxtaposed with male aggression. The story happens one afternoon while three men work to replace gutters on a roof. They suddenly see a beautiful woman basking under the sun in a bikini bottom and only a small scarf tied around her breasts. They all watch her and Tom and Stanley saunter over now and then to catch a glimpse. The next day‚ the sunbathing beauty appears again‚ however‚ this time the scarf
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“Through the Tunnel” Response to literature essay The satisfaction for ones self? Or the satisfaction of others recognizing? The short story “Through the Tunnel”‚ written by Dorris Lessing‚ tells us about a boy named Jerry who craves the satisfaction of acceptance. Although‚ he realizes his self-satisfaction is enough praise. Lessing’s purpose for writing this story is for readers to understand that sometimes you don’t need to have other recognize
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Interpretation and personal opinion „The Fifth Child“ To my mind this book written by Doris Lessing is very difficult to understand. “The Fifth Child” is a very controversial story. It is about a young couple and its five children. Harriet and David want to have a big family and everything is perfect. They live happily together although they have financial difficulties. Family life is rather busy but everything goes its way until Ben – the fifth child – is born. Ben has a very aggressive character
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In the opening paragraph‚ we can find out that the old man does three main activities: catching the homing pigeon‚ resting with the bird and looking at the granddaughter’s movement. In the first activity‚ we know he stands under the dovecote through the preposition ‘above’ in “Above the old man’s head was the dovecote” and the action of watching pigeons are described by a series of phrases such as “full of strutting (walk proudly with head up and chest out)‚ preening (make feathers smooth with
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Through The Tunnel In this story‚ Through The Tunnel‚ there are three settings that all symbolize something different. The safe beach symbolized him still being a child. On the safe beach‚ his mother was there to protect and be there for him. The wild beach was where Jerry wanted to go. It was taking a step out into the world to him. He wanted to be free and become a man. The journey through the tunnel symbolized Jerry going from a child to an adult. He challenged himself to go through the tunnel
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The Real Thing by Doris Lessing: It’s a short story that Lessing relates to very old times. It is the title of Henry James’ novella written in 1899. It is very much likely that this text is in connection with James’ story. You have two different cultures and different approaches towards the same things. What is the problem? Why there is a distinction between American and British? What is wrong with the fact that Henry sees Angela or Sebastian talks about Olga? Perhaps they are trying to get along
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Poverty (NCCP)‚ “between 20% and 30% of adolescents have one major depressive episode before they reach adulthood”. Adolescence can be a very difficult‚ and sometimes dangerous‚ time. In the short story‚ “Through the Tunnel”‚ by Doris Lessing‚ the stages and hardships of adolescence are shown through the mind of an eleven-year-old boy. The author uses symbolism and imagery to portray the theme that transferring into adulthood is a difficult stage. The author uses the calm beach and the rough bay for
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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 deep under the water and come
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Everyone achieves something in their life regardless the goal. A typical achievement in today’s society is getting through high school. Getting a high school education can take you many places‚ for instance‚ college and beyond. In this case‚ a boy was perceived as childish and immature by some older boys whom he always saw playing together in the bay. He intended to find out what they would do for fun so maybe he could join in. They were great swimmers and Jerry‚ the young boy‚ was not a great swimmer
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