essed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell.
next i remember I was lying on my stomach beside the pool, vomiting. The chap that threw me
as saying, but I was only fooling. "someone said, "The kid nearly died. Be all right now. Let's cat
him to the locker room
Several hours later, I walked home. I was weak and trembling. I shook and cried when I lay on my be
coon't eat that night. For days a haunting fear was in my heart. The slightest exertion upset m
making me wobbly in the knees and sick to my stomach.
never went back to the pool. I feared water. I avoided it whenever I could.
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lal On studying the extract, in what condition do you feel was the author put in?
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The author was left in a petrified and even left him with a sense of more aversion to water.
Explanation:
- Deep Water by William Douglas gives a biographical account of how his fear of water started. This narrative provides an insight into the very incidents that led to the traumatic experience and aversions he has against water.
- The given passage reveals the time when he was 'rescued' from drowning by the very same person who had thrown him into the water as a joke.
- The visit to the YMCA pool was to try to overcome his own fear of water, by his own effort and means.
- But the young man's "joke" has left him more scared and even petrified of being in the water.
- Studying the extract of the story, we can assume that the author was put in a rather uncomfortable and even life-threatening, 'scared to death' situation.
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