Deep Water

If you were drowning in a pool how would you feel? Would you feel helpless, powerless, just floating all limp? Would you just give up? That’s how William felt in the story Deep Water by William O. Douglas. Even if you are the most athletic person and were drowning and was swallowing as much water as William did, I don’t think you could have felt much better than what William felt. Although this is a sad story, but happy in the end it still has a purpose and I can relate to it in some way.

Even if the story is sad in the beginning and the middle by the end of the story it starts to look happier. Nothing like this has happened to me, but I can still relate to it in some way. If I ever got thrown in a pool and couldn’t swim I would be hopeless. When I didn’t know how to swim and I went in the pool I would doggie paddle (just like any other little kid) but if I went under without knowing I bet I would do the same as William did. If my legs were limp and motionless until I reached the bottom and try to jump up with all my power. It didn’t work, Try it again and it doesn’t work iw ould be so lost. I seriously would have no clue what I would do. It would be so hard. I would just keep telling myself someone is going to come and save me. When I would feel that person come and get me I would be so relieved. My brother’s friend is afraid of water and a lot of other things too but at a baseball tournament he went in the pool at the hotel we stayed at. His mom was shocked but very happy that he pushed himself to get into the water. this is like Deep Water because at the end f the story that is the same thing William did. he pushed himself to get back into the water and learn to swim. Let alone go back in the water but swim two whole miles, wow! I bet his parents were very proud.

I can relate to the story, but I can also find the purpose in and of the story too. The purpose was if William could overcome his great fear of water. Not just overcoming his fear but getting in the water and swimming two miles and loving every second of it. William thinks if he can do that he and everyone else should be able to do anything. I agree totally, it is a huge accomplishment. I hope somewhere in my life I can do something amazing like William did.

If I could achieve something as big as William did, I would be super proud of myself. This is a sad story with a happy ending and I could find the purpose and a comparison to myself in this story. Overall I liked the story, I believe it was a great message and a lot of people should read it. I hope I can achieve something like this in my life.