When did Douglas grow panicky? How did Douglas feel when he went down for the first time in the pool?

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What did Douglas experience as he went down to the bottom of the pool for the first time?

“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?