P: The young boy is apprehensive about the task which he has set himself. As he is scared of the outcome. This can be seen in page 26. Q: "... he had another year's growth in him - then he would go through the hole." E: This shows the anxiety and that Jerry may be reconsidering his rash decision. Also this is a turning point for him, the metaphorical crossroads of adolesence. Perhaps, a decision in which he is not ready to make.
P: When Jerry decides to complete the task, there is now a sense of urgency as his mother his put this new pressure on him through the deadline that she has set him. This can be seen on page 26, paragraph 2. Q: "...his head was still sore and throbbing- this was the moment when he would try. If he did not do it now, he never would." E: This connotates the urgency and sense of desperation that Jerry now feels to complete the task at hand. Does he fulfil his task and ascend to adulthood, or does he turn away and remain in childhood. Q:"...very wide and very heavy; tons of rock prssed down on where he would go." E: He is maturing, he is now realising the peril that is fraught in this task. This sudden maturity conveying Jerry's concern at the matter. Suggesting perhaps that Jerry's rebirth as an adult will be a difficult and painful task. With the use of "tons", Lessing is reminding us that Jerry is still a child, as this a word children often use to convey a large quantity. Also, the repetition of "very" emphasises the immense nature of the task Jerry has set before himself.
P: When Jerry begins his task, despite his rather catatonic state of fear, he sets about it in a very mature manner, double checking his equipment and the reader can see that all of his training has come to fruition. The stages of his training immitating the progressionof his stages of life: childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Q: "He put on his goggles, fitted them tight, tested the vacuum." E: This conveys to the reader that he has learned from his previous errors, the language here conveying his new found maturity, "vacuum" being a more complex lexical choice than perhaps a child would be able to make. Q: "Then he chose the biggest stone that he could carry..." E: However, with the lexical choice of "biggest" Lessing is reminding us that Jerry is still in his transient state, he is still a child.
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P: The young boy is apprehensive about the task which he has set himself. As he is scared of the outcome. This can be seen in page 26.
Q: "... he had another year's growth in him - then he would go through the hole."
E: This shows the anxiety and that Jerry may be reconsidering his rash decision. Also this is a turning point for him, the metaphorical crossroads of adolesence. Perhaps, a decision in which he is not ready to make.
P: When Jerry decides to complete the task, there is now a sense of urgency as his mother his put this new pressure on him through the deadline that she has set him. This can be seen on page 26, paragraph 2.
Q: "...his head was still sore and throbbing- this was the moment when he would try. If he did not do it now, he never would."
E: This connotates the urgency and sense of desperation that Jerry now feels to complete the task at hand. Does he fulfil his task and ascend to adulthood, or does he turn away and remain in childhood.
Q:"...very wide and very heavy; tons of rock prssed down on where he would go."
E: He is maturing, he is now realising the peril that is fraught in this task. This sudden maturity conveying Jerry's concern at the matter. Suggesting perhaps that Jerry's rebirth as an adult will be a difficult and painful task. With the use of "tons", Lessing is reminding us that Jerry is still a child, as this a word children often use to convey a large quantity.
Also, the repetition of "very" emphasises the immense nature of the task Jerry has set before himself.
P: When Jerry begins his task, despite his rather catatonic state of fear, he sets about it in a very mature manner, double checking his equipment and the reader can see that all of his training has come to fruition. The stages of his training immitating the progressionof his stages of life: childhood to adolescence to adulthood.
Q: "He put on his goggles, fitted them tight, tested the vacuum."
E: This conveys to the reader that he has learned from his previous errors, the language here conveying his new found maturity, "vacuum" being a more complex lexical choice than perhaps a child would be able to make.
Q: "Then he chose the biggest stone that he could carry..."
E: However, with the lexical choice of "biggest" Lessing is reminding us that Jerry is still in his transient state, he is still a child.
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