Please help me with the following question about "Through the Tunnel."Retell the main events of this story as Jerry might tell them to his best...

With respect, you are asking two different questions. What
I think your teacher is after is a demonstration of how two write two different accounts
of the same event. Clearly, the way that Jerry would re-tell what occurred to him during
his vacation to his friends will be very different from the way he would explain what
happened to him if he were to tell his son what happened to him when he was an adult.
You need to think about how these changes would be demonstrated through word choice, the
kind of phrases and grammar used and the way Jerry would explain the
event.

If you choose to write re-tell the story from
Jerry's perspective to his friends, he will obviously use slang and exaggeration to
boast about what he achieved. Be prepared to exaggerate the description of the rocks and
how dangerous swimming through the tunnel was. I imagine that if you re-tell the story
from Jerry's point of view as an adult, he will be much more thoughtful and meditative
about its significance to him, and wouldn't exaggerate or be so boastful. He will also
want to stress how dangerous it was to his son so that he doesn't get any ideas of doing
something similar!

This is a very interesting assignment
which will require you to show your understanding of how audience impacts your writing.
Thinking through this issue will help you structure your work. Good
luck!