First Paragraph: Introduction Usually in these types of short stories, authors often use common themes to describe human behavior, such as "Coming of Age" or "Social commentary." These themes also allow the authors to go more in depth in critiquing human behavior and society. Two authors who effectively explore these ideas are Doris Lessing and Ray Bradbury. In her short story "Through the Tunnel" Lessing provides a prominent coming-of-age narrative that provides insight and perspective on poverty and despair on human growth, but eventually growing out of it. On the other hand, Bradbury's "The Veldt" explores science fiction elements to offer a powerful message on the dangers of depending on technology, as well as providing symptoms and side effects of depending on tech. While both authors' messages seem different at first, mainly focusing on their own narratives at first, they are more similar than you might …show more content…
To continue though, "Through the Tunnel" is set on the side of a beach, with a mom and her son Jerry. While Jerry tried to explore life, his mom was very overprotective and wouldn't let him explore much. I know this because on Paragraph 1, it said and I quote "Why, darling, would you rather not come with me? Would you rather -" Another piece of evidence comes later in the story on paragraph 5, where it says and I quote, "She was thinking, "of course he's old enough to be safe without me. Have I been keeping him too close? He mustn't feel he ought to be with me. I must be careful." This would eventually lead Jerry to go out on her own and challenge himself and instead rely on his mom most of the time, going out to battle his own battle. It also highlights the importance of growing up and coming of age. Lessing's message reminds us of the ongoing battle we go through within ourselves and to continue to take risks, and to always