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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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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Queena Many believe that setting a clear goal is the key to success. But the fact is‚ goals can help you; they don’t even belong to you. Your characteristics and qualities are the genuine forces that can really make you successful. In the story‚ “Through the Tunnel”‚ it is Jerry’s own persistence and dignity that help him reach his goal. His persistence made him keep going while his own dignity helped him to make up his mind. If it weren’t for his persistence and dignity‚ he would not have reached his
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Through the Tunnel The writer makes Jerry out to be abit of a loner with no or a little amount of friends‚ desperate for the attention and approval of other and not really enjoying the company of his mother. The writer shows this by Jerry having a negative attitude to his mum‚ by making Jerry cry when the bigger teenage kids ignore him when he is trying so hard to get them to pay attention and accept him. Jerry makes faces towards his mother because he doesn’t really want to hang around with
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Lesson Title: Risk-Taking‚ Challenges‚ Rites of Passage in “Through the Tunnel” Course and Grade: Sophomore English‚ 10th Generalization: Risk-taking (facing challenges) is often a rite of passage into a new level of maturity. This lesson is important since students have‚ and continue to‚ take risks for various reasons: to impress others‚ or to prove something to themselves. It’s important for them to become reflective about their risk-taking: which risks are worth taking‚ and what are good or
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Do you believe that a place can mean something more? The story through the tunnel talks about a little boy that goes to a beach with his mother‚ where he discovers a tunnel that at the end of the summer will mean something more. In through the tunnel‚ Doris Lessing demonstrates that a setting can influence a character‚ how the setting can also create a conflict and how imagery help us to imagine better the story. When a little boy goes to the beach with his mother he sees a promontory so he decides
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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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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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Journey Through the Tunnel "America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom‚ responsible government‚ and human equality" - Adlai Stevenson I can still remember that feeling when my mother and father had told me we were moving to America‚ part of me felt as if time had stopped and the other part felt excited to start a new beginning . I couldn’t decide whether this life-changing
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The Quest to Conquer The main character‚ Jerry‚ in Dorris Lessing’s short story “Through the Tunnel” is an adolescent boy. The story illustrates Jerry’s struggles with fear‚ independence‚ maturity‚ and self-confidence. Jerry’s main conflict is his internal war between determination and fear. To win this battle raging on the inside‚ Jerry first has to overcome the obstacles he faces on the outside. Crushing the external hindrances he faces will determine whether or not Jerry is able to conquer the
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