Question

Which BEST describes Jerry's place among the boys swimming from the rocks?

He is as an outsider.
He is a welcome newcomer.
He is their youngest group member.
He is a disinterested observer.

Answer 1

The sentence that BEST describes Jerry's place among the boys swimming from the rocks is: "He is an outsider."

Answer 2

He is as an outsider.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jerry is a short story character "Through the Tunnel" who travels with his mother, during her vacation, to a beach in a foreign country. At this beach, Jerry visualizes a group of local boys swimming to the rocks, he is excited to make new friends, but when he gets close to the boys he gets nervous because, as a foreigner, Jerry is physically different from the boys and can not even understand the idiom he they say.