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Through the Tunnel: Analysis

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by JL Admin

Doris Lessing is known for being a writer whose work affects people. She tackles political issues but refuses to limit herself to being a political writer, and is equally acclaimed for her essays, fiction, and even science fiction dealing with interests ranging from nature to the status of women. “Through the Tunnel,” which is ultimately…

Through the Tunnel: Setting

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by JL Admin

“Through the Tunnel” was first published by the New Yorker magazine in 1955. Lessing had moved from British-controlled Rhodesia in South Africa in 1949. Six years later, little had changed. Apartheid, a legal system of racial segregation structured every aspect of life for both black and white people there, and racism exploded violently in the…

Through the Tunnel: Literary Devices

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by JL Admin

Point of View  “Through the Tunnel” is written in third-person limited point of view. The narrator describes the feelings of both Jerry and his mother but does not penetrate the thoughts of the local boys. This separation associates the reader more closely with the white tourists who are unfamiliar with the area. By telling the…

Through the Tunnel: Themes

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by JL Admin

In Lessing’s story, the eleven year-old Jerry braves an underwater tunnel while he and his mother are on vacation. The tunnel evolves, into an enormous challenge for Jerry, as he deals with his loneliness and his attempts at separating from his mother.  Rites of Passage  Jerry’s beach vacation becomes the site of an intense personal…

Through the Tunnel: Summary

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by JL Admin

In Doris Lessing’s “Through the Tunnel,” Jerry, a young English boy, and his mother are vacationing at a beach they have come to many times in years past. Though the beach’s location is not given, it is implied to be in a country that is foreign to them both. Each tries to please the other…

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