Analysis

This analysis of the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing will give you an overview of narrative and language elements.

In what follows we will explore the structure of the short story, looking at plot elements, conflict, and narrative techniques.

We will provide you a characterisation of the most important character, Jerry, looking at his relationship with his mother, his peers, and nature.

We will present the setting of the story, looking at physical places like the two beaches, as well as at social setting aspects such as growing up, parent-child relationships, and language barriers.

We will examine the third-person narrator and how the use of a combined point of view helps the narration.

We will also look at language elements including choice of words, imagery, and the use of language devices like similes, metaphors and symbols.

Find the entire analysis in the following pages!