Question

how did this experience affect douglas?

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ch-3(DEEP WATER)
class-12th​

Answer 1

Answer:

A misadventure at the YMCA pool wherein Douglas was thrown into the deeper end of the pool by a big boy made Douglas afraid of water. He went down into the water three times but failed to come up. Though he was ultimately saved, a terror of water developed in him as his lungs filled with water.This experience had a deeper meaning for Douglas. Because he had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce. He learnt the will to live in great intensity. ... The haunting fear of the water followed Douglas in his fishing trips, swimming, boating and canoeing.

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