Douglas was a near death experience in his childhood which has a negative as well as positive outcome justify the statement with evidence of the text (class12 eng ch-deep water )
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It is quite true; if the childhood incidents mishaps would not happened, Douglas would never have never become stronger and determined. The fearful incident at YMCA pool in which he almost drowned, instilled a deep fear of water in his mind. The fear spoilt all his excursions with his friends. Whenever he accompanied his friends to Cascades, Tieton, Warm lake, the fear of water seized him, his legs paralysed and icy horror grabbed his heart.
Finally one October he hired an instructor to learn swimming. The instructor put a belt around him. He attached the belt around him. He attached the belt to a cable that ran overhead. He held on the rope and the author tried to swim back and forth across the pool, hour after hour, day after day, week after week. The author took three months to learn the basics. Then the instructor taught him how to exhale underwater and how to raise his nose and inhale. Then he taught him how to kick the water with his legs.
After teaching and perfecting the basics, he asked the author to swim the length of the pool. From the next day onwards, the author swam the length of the pool all by himself. After that there was no turning back. He swam across Lake Wentworth and Warmlake. That is how the author overcame his fear. He emerged stronger and more determined.
In conclusion it can be said if the near death experience had not happened in his childhood, he would perhaps never overcome his fear of water.