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Through The Tunnel Summary

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Sklivas ,Brenden Brock Pennigton Teenage Wasteland May 1/ 2016 “ Through The Tunnel” Deviates or Not ? "Through the Tunnel” is A short story about the Initiation of the character Jerry and is written by, Doris Lessing 's . There are the three different rites of passage the transition, the intergatration, and separation not in that particular order, but what it boils down to the real hard question is does This story follow the traditional phases of rites of passage?? To admit in some ways but at the same time also deviates from the traditional way in a very important way. In the story the different phases happen at different locations one being is that the "safe beach" represents …show more content…

The separation phase follows the traditional ways is because it shows a clear and cut proof that Jerry separates from the mother. Jerry fully leaving the mother on the beach and making her a last priority in his mind and going through the tunnel a first and only priority to prove to himself. The other piece of evidence that shows that it follows in the transition phase in the story. This also follows the traditional rites of passage because in the story Jerry of two different pieces of evidence one of them prepping for the jump through the tunnel it and the other one being when jerry comes out of the tunnel, you can even argue that the transition phases is shown even when Jerry leaves his mother to be with the boys these examples shows all some sort of transition or in other words showing that he is maturing mentally in some kind of …show more content…

The safe beach, where his mother is, represents the safety and maternal protection Jerry experiences as a child. The wild beach represents the part of Jerry that wishes to break forth from his mother 's sheltering watch and become more independent. In this story the traditional rites of passage deviates from the original sequence because it does not have an actual set in stone integration phase . This definitely makes the story different from the other conventional initiation stories due to the fact from what is presented there defiantly is a separation phase from the mother and a transition phase but in the end the integration phase was absent in the story . (767

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