Jerry's reactions show that he wants to befriend and have the boys' approval. He also show that he has a nature that cares about others.
Although you have not shown the text this question refers to, we can see from questions similar to yours that you are referring to "Through the Tunnel."
When reading "Through the Tunnel" we can say that:
- The text tells the story of a trip made by Jerry and his mother.
- They were traveling to an unknown place, but where people speak French.
- Between paragraphs 13-17, we can see the moment when Jerry meets a group of kids native to this region.
- The boys are similar in age to Jerry's age, but they were doing a very dangerous, but exciting activity.
- The boys were diving into an underwater tunnel, which took them a very long distance.
- Although the risk of drowning was high, the boys made it to the other side of the rock, alive.
- Seeing this, Jerry felt a mixture of shame and worry.
- He felt worried about the boys and their safety.
- At the same time, he felt ashamed for not knowing and not having the courage to do the same.
Jerry had a strong desire to be approved by the group of boys and wanted very much to dive into the tunnel with them. He trained to do this, but almost died in the process.
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