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
             Jerry's mother lets him do what he wants but she is aware of
             Jerry's need as Jerry is the same to his mother. Jerry is a calm and
             collected person he is not one who would raise his voice or yell. He likes
             to meet new friends and to Jerry this is the perfect opportunity. He would
             be most anyone's friend or buddy. Jerry is a person who likes to push
             himself to the limits and likes the challenge. With these qualities Jerry
             When Jerry sees the foreign boys swimming and decides to ask them
             if he can swim with him. But Jerry realizes that the boys don't speak his
             language but tries to talk to them in French. Without no communication
             Jerry has to relay on body language and actions. When Jerry sees the boys
             swimming in the water below and the pop out on top of the rocks he decides
             to check it out and see what down there. He saw a black tunnel which was
             very dark and gloomy. As Jerry tries to swim through it, he becomes afraid
             and scared and decides to go back. As he came up for air he saw the boys
             snickering at him and Jerry decided he must do this to impress the boys and
             have them like him. Jerry is not one who asks people for gifts or money but
             to him this was very important. So he asked his mother to buy him some
             After the boys would leave in the afternoon, Jerry would stay down
             there and work on his breathing and concentrating on going through the
             tunnel. When its Jerry's last day of vacation he says to himself that it is
             the last day to do this. To prepare himself he sat in front of the clock
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