ABSTRACT
The Tunnel tells the story of Rose and Jack, a seemingly ordinary sister and brother who are not at all alike; and it is Browne's representation of this difference in the endpapers that gives people the first clue about Sam's engagement with the book. These endpapers portray two patterns which, on closer inspection, reveal contrasting wallpapers, with brick and leaves and flowers. The story of Red Riding Hood is not part of his oral or literate tradition but other folk and fairy tales are and it is this genre experience that enables him to clue into the menacing intertextual messages: Sam's response, however, demonstrates an understanding that goes beyond the immediate situation. Mehmet makes an observation that shapes the group's expectation about the nature and narrative possibilities of this story. He spots the picture above the bed and recognises it as Red Riding Hood, a folk tale found within his own cultural tradition and which he obviously experienced in Turkish.
