deep water

Deep Water
Why would the boy try to swim again if he almost drowned one time? The short story called “Deep water” was written by William O. Douglas. It takes place in real events about the author. He almost drowned and never wanted to swim again. If this happened to me I would never go to the pool. He faced his fear and was able to learn how to swim even though he almost drowned.


The boy did not know he would drown when he wanted to take the lessons. Since the big guy tossed him in the pool he almost died and that guy could have murdered him. I would of never wanted to swim again if it happened to me. He didn’t have to swim ever again if he wanted but, he wanted to get over his fear so he would never be in that situation ever again. There is a lot of people that would never do something like that if the same thing happened to them. After he learned how to swim he swam 2 miles in a lake.


When he swam the 2 miles he no longer had the fear of swimming in the water. After years of being afraid of drowning, William (the author of the story) did not have that fear. He has changed from almost drowning to swimming 2 miles. With help from a special teacher William learned how to swim.
In the end he loses his fear to swim. A lot of people don’t have the same kind of guts the author. If they ever find the kid who threw him he should go to jail. There is many fears in this world and getting over on is very difficult for somebody to do.