Friday, 7 October 2011

Review of Through the tunnel by Dorris Lessing

SETTING
This story took place at the beach during the holiday and during summer time.

MAIN CHARACTER/PROTAGONIST
The protagonist of this story is jerry an eleven years old  English boy
He is a good swimmer and he likes swimming.
He likes taking risks and he is his mother's only child.
He had self training on how to breath for a long time under water because he wanted to succeed in finding the entrance of the tunnel

PLOT
Jerry loved swimming and so he was a very good swimmer.During a certain holiday with his mother he met met a group of guys while swimming at thewild beach.One day he followed those guys in the dark ocean where they were crossing a huge rock through a tunnel which was unknown.Fom that day he became obsessed with finding out the entrance of the tunnel since it took them alot of time to find the entrance.He thought the other boys have drowned so every morning he use to go there hoping that he will find the entrance of the tunnel.He tried so hard holding his breath for a long time under the ocean and his nose started bleeding every morning.
Fortunately,one day he realised that he was taking chances with his life and decided to postpone the trying for the next holiday.The last time he had tried he almost  died because of his heavy nose bleeding and his googles were filled with blood that he couldn't even see.Finally when he opened his eyes he realised that he found the entrance of the wall and he found it's entrance.

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