Through the tunnel by Doris Lessing is about a boy named Jerry. He is on
vacation in a foreign country with his mother. One day at the beach he meets a
group of boys. They are jumping off a cliff and swimming though a tunnel. There
is a communication problem between the boys because of the language, but Jerry
is determined to as the boys, jump of the cliff and swim through the tunnel.
Doris Lessing´s writing is very good. She portrays
good and by that you get to know the characters and surroundings in a way that
makes you feel that you´re in the story. I liked Jerry´s determent mind. He sat
a goal and he accomplished his goal. I liked it because it is inspiring to see
and read about others that set a goal to accomplish it.
The themes that underlines the story is pride and
courage. Jerry´s pride and courage is one of the things that drove him when he didn’t
think he could do it. He would probably not had completed if it wasn’t for his
pride and courage.
I agree, it takes pride and courage to achieve what he did, and this is all part of the business of growing up - setting yourself challenges, and overcoming them. (Like reading more difficult books by Doris Lessing, and others!)
SvarSlett