All three pieces are about young boys and how they face a problem and childhood. The boys in each piece seem to have loving parents and they also seem to love them a lot this is shown by each character. As in A message from a pig man you can see the boy loves his father as he says "so long as it left the spare room free for dad to sleep in". He says this as he wants his dad to stay with him and his mum but his parents are getting divorced so his dad is moving out but E

ric loves him and does not want him to leave. This shows us that Eric is to young to understand why his dad must move out. Eric's father also loves him, as he wants to make him happy so hey bys him a train set. This is also shown in Through the tunnel as you can see that the mother loves her son as she tries to let him grow up by letting him go to a beach on his own. You can see that see worries by the way see thinks to her self and the questions she asks for example " of course he is old enough to be safe with!

re and grown up and he feels if they don't accept him or complete the challenge he is not mature. This means a lot to him as you can see this as he gets a noise bleed but he is still willing to carry on with it.

In the end of all the pieces each boy has learnt something. Eric learns to face his fears and he does this by asking his mum why his dad cant live with them any more. This shows that he has grown up by learning to face his fears. Eric also learns to be rational as he realises not to fear things he does not know. You can see that he has grown up at the end of the story. Jerry also grows up in threw the tunnel as he shows that he is determined and can stick at a task even though if he does not know what danger he has put his self in. At the end of threw the tunnel you can see Jerry has become more mature, whhhhhhhhhhhhat else. In the living number 9 shows he is also mature and.

out me" and " have I been keeping him to close". The boy also loves his mum as he checks on her regale to see that see is still there and that she is safe. The love of a family is also shown in th

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