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Jerry: Well . . . Kramer: They're prisons! Man made prisons! You're doing time! You wake up in the morning: she's there. You go to bed at night: she's there. It's like you have to ask permission to use the bathroom.
Summary: In Doris Lessing's "Through the Tunnel," Jerry, an 11-year-old boy, experiences significant character development through his interactions with older boys at a wild bay. Initially...
However, upon realizing he is a foreigner, the boys lose interest in him. Despite this, Jerry feels content simply being among them. Jerry joins the boys in diving off a high point into the...
Jerry’s mother is a caring and attentive figure in his life. She accompanies Jerry on their vacation to the seaside and shows concern for his well-being. She tries to strike a balance between allowing Jerry independence and ensuring his safety.
The protagonist of the story, and its only named character, Jerry is a young English boy on vacation with his mother to a coastal town in a foreign country. He is eleven years old and his father is dead.
Jun 18, 2024 · Disgraced former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky insisted he was innocent in an interview from prison more than 10 years after he was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys.
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The story’s opening paragraph sets up Jerry’s relationship with his caring, if overly concerned, mother. They are walking along a path that forks in two: one direction goes toward the “crowded beach he knew so well from other years” and the other leads to a “wild and rocky bay .”
