Which theme is best suggested by jerry's accomplishment in "through the tunnel"?

Maturity is the theme best suggested by Jerry's accomplishment in "Through the Tunnel"

Explanation:

Consider the case, when the story begins, Jerry is seen as a person who is not only close to his mother, but is also very dependent on her too.

At one point, he feels that he must become an independent person, due to which he strives for being accepted by boys who are much elder than him. For that he swam in the bay also tried to swim under water too claiming that if he does that he can also be like those elderly boys.

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

i believe the answer is inference