In Through The Tunnel Doris Lessing develops the growth risk and struggle.Through the use of Jerry, mom, and the beach. Jerry´s mom would rather see jerry be safe at the beach because is much safer for Jerry to be at then the bay.
Jerrys mom is overprotective because she does not want Jerry to get hurt she wants to let him go but she does not want to see him get hurt and Jerry wants to listen to his mom because he does not want to let his mom down and with no communication Jerry has to rely on his body language. Jerry wanted to try and impress the boys because they were snickering at him. Jerry is a calm person and his mom is just making sure his needs are met. When he was swimming with the boys they did not know he could not talk so the
