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How did Douglas develop an aversion to water?

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A big boy threw Douglas into the swimming pool. How did this experience affect Douglas?

 

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Point out the ‘misadventure’ that William Douglas had to encounter at the Y.M.CA. pool. What was its effect over the writer?

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“ There was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves.” When did Douglas start fearing water? Which experience had further strengthened its hold on his mind and personality?

Solution

From the very beginning, Douglas was much eager to learn swimming. When he was three or four years old, his father took him to the beach in California. He was standing in the surf. A strong wave knocked him down and he was buried in water. His breath was gone. He was much frightened but his father was holding him. Even then, the boy was much terrified by the destructive force of the wave. He developed an aversion to water.

Next time, when he was ten or eleven years old he resolved to learn swimming. He went to the Y.M.C.A. pool at Yakima. He was sitting there alone waiting for others to come. A big muscular boy addressed him ‘Skinny’ and asked him to be ducked. He tossed up Douglas and threw him into the deep end of the pool. He went down to the bottom and got panicky. This experience further strengthened the terror and fear of water in his mind and personality.

Some More Questions From Deep Water Chapter

“All we have to fear is fear itself.” Have you ever had a fear that you have now overcome? Share your experience with your partner.

Find and narrate other stories about conquest fear and what people have said about courage. For example, you can recall Nelson Mandela’s courage and his struggle for freedom, his perseverance to achieve his mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor as depicted in his autobiography. The story “We’re Not Afraid To Die,” which you have read in class XI, is an apt example of how courage and optimism that helped the family service under the direst stress.

If some one else had narrated Douglas’s experience how would it have differed from this account. Write out a sample paragraph or paragraphs from this text from the point of view of a third person or observer, to find out. Which style of narration would you consider to be more effective? Why?

Doing well in any activity, for example a sport, music, dance or painting, riding a motorcycle or a car, involves a great deal of struggle. Most of us are very nervous to begin with until gradually we overcome our fears and perform well.

Write an essay of about five paragraphs recounting such an experience. Try to recollect minute details of what caused the fear, your feelings, the encouragement you got from others or the criticism.

You could begin with the last sentence of the essay you have just read – “At last I felt relased – free to walk the trails and climb the peaks and to brush aside fear.”

Write a short letter to someone you know about your having learnt to do something new.

Are there any water sports in India? Find out about the areas or places which are known for water sports.

What does the mother of Douglas say abot the Y.M.CA. pool?

What created an aversion for water in William Douglas when he was three years old?

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Why did William Douglas develop an aversion to the water when he was three or four year old?

What came in the mind of Douglas when his feet hit the bottom?

What is the ‘misadventure’ that William Douglas speaks about?

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What misadventure did William Douglas experience at the Y.M.CA pool?

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