Omniscient P.O.V.

“Through the Tunnel” is told from the point of view of an all-knowing, or omniscient, narrator. Although the narrator focuses mainly on Jerry, we also learn some of Jerry’s mother’s thoughts and feelings. How would the story be different if Jerry’s mother were telling it?

"Through the Tunnel" is told from an third-person omniscient narrator.This means that the reader is able to view the sequences of the story from the perspectives of multiple characters and is not limited to a single character, and also provides additional information that is related to the plot at hand.The story focuses primarily on Jerry and his endeavors, but we also are able to view some of his mother's thoughts and feelings (such as near the beginning of the story, where she expresses her fear of being overprotective).

The story would be significantly different if it was told from a first-person point of view from Jerry's mother or from a third-person limited perspective focusing on his mother. For one thing, the plot would be different; instead of a symbolic "rites of passage" story surrounding Jerry and his desire to swim through the tunnel in the underwater rock wall, we would probably be reading something about her mother trying to care for, or improving her plan to care for Jerry with the right combination of freedom and restriction.

Some other aspects of stories - setting (different to match where her mother was during the events of Jerry's story, such as the "safe beach"), tone - may also change.