Brothers Are The Same by Beryl Markham and Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing
have a lot of similarities. Both of the stories are trying to ave a point, a point on some ways kids enter their adulthood. Being tested om certain subjects, and specialties. In this case it's courage , strength, and bravery. Courage, strength, and bravery can always have different ways of being proved.
In the story Through the Tunnel Jerry an 11 year old kid, that sets his self a task to go through, to know he is not scared, and is brave enough to actually do what the older kids did. His task was to swim through a very narrow tunnel, like the older kids did. At first to accomplish his goal before the summer vacation ends, he is going to practice to stay under the water, for about two minutes and thirty seconds. After all the practice he had, a day before his summer vacation ended, he decided to be brave, over come his fear and go through the tunnel. Going through the tunnel was a hard task where Jerry almost gave up, but he accomplished it with great success. He is brave, with a lot of courage and strength to go through a test he made for his self.
The same concept is going on in the story Brothers are the Same Medoto a strong teenager, who has to prove to his tribe that he is a strong, brave, and that he has enough courage to fight a lion. Medoto is someone that really wishes to prove the fact that he has all these abilities, to be a full grown adult. The second biggest reason on why he wants to be an adult is because of a girl he loves... Finally his day comes, some fully grown adults, and some teenagers, surround a lion in a circle, early in the morning as the sun rises. The lion is suppose to a person to attack, while being in the circle of dozen of people. At first the lion chooses to fight someone else, but Medoto's enemy Temas, a proved adult, that threw a rock at the lion so it turned around to attack Medoto instead of who ever it was at first. Medoto faces his challenge and defeats the lion with some difficulties. He proves to the tribe that he is eligible of being an adult, he also proves it to the girl he loves, that he is strong, brave and with a lot of courage. He also becomes friends with Temas and decides not to be enemies and fight over a girl, and let the girl choose who she wants.
These two stories are great stories. They each have the same point to prove, but the same point proved in different tests. Remember everything has its way of being proved. Being an adult is not easy, it takes a lot of maturity.
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