how does Douglas make clear to the reader the sense of panic gripped him as he almost drowned? Describe the details that have made the description vivid.
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- Douglas vividly describe each and every moment of his experience when he was thrown into the pool. He went at once to the bottom of the pool.
- says that he was frightened but not much. On the way down we made a plan. He would hit the bottom and make a big jump to the surface. But the jump made no difference. He came up very slowly. He grew panicky. He was suffocating.
- He tried to cry but no sound came. He tried to bring his legs up. But a great force was pulling him under. He had started his journey back to the bottom. Complete terror seized him.
- He was crying underwater. He was stiff with fear. He felt the tiles under him. He jumped with all his might. But again it made no difference. He started down a third time.
- Now he stopped all efforts.He Relaxed. There was no more panic. He was feeling nice. Everything blanked out. The curtain of life fell. But luckily ,before he was dead, he was taken out of the pool and saved.
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Douglas gives a detailed account of his feelings and efforts to save himself from getting drowned. He uses literary devices to make the description graphic and vivid. For example Those nine feet were more like ninety’, ‘My lungs were ready to burst.’ ‘I came up slowly,opened my eyes and saw nothing but water….. I grew panicky1 ‘I was suffocating. Itried to yell, but no sound came out
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