At the beginning of the story, a young boy named Jerry is in the early days of a beach vacation with his mother. As they walk toward their usual beach (apparently they have been here numerous times before), Jerry feels some internal conflict as a result of his desire to go off by himself to the "wild bay" instead of going to the "safe beach" with his mother. Although he definitely wants to go by...
At the beginning of the story, a young boy named Jerry is in the early days of a beach vacation with his mother. As they walk toward their usual beach (apparently they have been here numerous times before), Jerry feels some internal conflict as a result of his desire to go off by himself to the "wild bay" instead of going to the "safe beach" with his mother. Although he definitely wants to go by himself to the more interesting and dangerous looking beach, he is eleven years old and at an age where wanting more independence is certainly natural. However, he clearly feels kind of guilty in wanting to be apart from his mother: "Contrition sen[ds] him running after her." Jerry treats his mother with a kind of chivalry: he looks after her and feels some need to take care of her it seems. Perhaps this is because it is just the two of them, as she is a widow and he is "the man" of the family.
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