1. What is the “misadventure that
William Douglas speaks about?
2. What were the series of emotions
and fears that Douglas
experienced when he was thrown
into the pool? What plans did he
make to come to the surface?
3. How did this experience affect
him?
Answers
Answer:
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Answer:
Douglas tried three times to come to the surface of the pool. Explanation: "Deep Water" is a short narrative of William Douglas, who, through this story conveyed a message that fear can be conquered by sheer determination. In the story, when Douglas was ten years old, he went to YMCA pool to learn swimming
Douglas was frightened when he was thrown into the water but he did not lose his wits. He made a plan to make a big jump, to come to the surface, lie flat on it and paddle to the edge of the pool. He summoned all his strength and made a great spring upwards but instead, he came up slowly.
Douglas fail to come on surface because when he tried to come out from the pool. He was unable to come out with fear and unable to move his limbs and He felt that he would die. ... “Deep Waters” story teaches us how the writer come out with his fear of water and learned swimming through sheer determination and willpower
Explanation:
Here author means that swimmer instructor has finished his training instruction but Douglas was not very confident on his training instruction and he still had a fear of drowning in water. So, Douglas felt that his training needed to be test and he wanted to test his ability by himself.