through the tunnel

1.Setting
took place in France 1990, during summer time.

2.Summary
Jerry, a young English boy and his mother are vacationing  at the beach they have come many times in years past. through the beach's location is not given means that they  are in the country that is foreign to them.each tries to please the other and not to impose too many demands.Jerry's mother is window and is sometimes overprotecting him because he is the only child she own, She olso determine to be possessive nor lacking in devotion and Jerry in turn , acts from an unfailing impulse of contrition a shot chivalry.on the second morning however ,Jerry lets it slip that he would like  to a wild and lock bay, he has glimpsed from the path. his conscientious mother sent him on his way with what she hope is a casual air and Jerry leaves behind the crowded safe  Beach where he has always played. a strong swimmer Jerry plunges in and goes so far out that he want to use the goggles he insist her mother  to buy for him.

3.Main characters
Jerry an English boy for eleven years old,  on his first holiday  with his mother , they go to the beach where they have often be in the past, Jerry's mother is a window and sometimes overprotect him because he is the only child she own. Jerry is a good swimmer and he tries to make friends with some old boys in the beach but they ignore him after find out that he is childish.Jerry is jealous of  the older boys, he watches them as they swim through rocks in which there is a narrow under water gaps in attempt to become equal to them, although  they ignore him, he didn't give in he continue swimming.