he plot begins with Jerry and his mother on a beach. We learn about Jerry, being an only child at the age of 11, and his mother, a widow who wanted to be neither too caring nor lacking attention in her son. Jerry goes to the bay out for a swim. Exposition Starts when Jerry meets a group of boys. He wants to join them and does everything to become part of their group. He gets his mother to buy him some goggles, so he can see underwater. Once he has them he dives in hoping to find the hole the boys swam through. Jerry finds out