Through the Tunnel

Character Analysis of Through the Tunnel The story Through the tunnel is about a boy named Jerry and is 11 years old. In this story a Jerry goes to the beach with his mother on vacation. Jerry is a boy who would do almost anything to become a friend with someone. In this story Jerry tries to impress these foreign boys by trying to swim through a tunnel. Jerry's mother lets him do what he wants …

…light headed and blood was filling in his goggles. As he came up on his maximum breathing time he went over his time limit. As Jerry comes out of the tunnel he realizes that he did not have as much self accomplishment as he thought he would. He realized that it was a door from childhood to manhood. So overall Jerry noticed that he does not have to show off to others to impress himself