through the tunnel by dorris lessing

Setting: sett at the beach in france,Season: Summer time
Plot; Jerry was an eleven years old English boy on vocation with his mother on a beach they have frequently visited in the past. Jerry`s mother was awidow and she was somtimes over protective, sometimes not protective enough for his son. Jerry attempt to make friends with some older boys on the beach but they ignored him after discovering that he was childish. Jerry was jealouse of the older boys, hewatched them as they swam through a rock in which there was a narrow gap. in the attempt to be seen equal to them,he told his mother to buy him swimming goggles. He began to perssistantly practice holding his breath. He blidded every time he held his breath for a long time and as they always say prctice makes perfect, he could stay under water for almost two to three minutes
character: Jerry was eleven years, he came from england, he was the only child and he was a jelouse type