Deep Water

Deep Water

Why do you think the author wrote this story? William O. Douglas is the author of

the article Deep Water. This story is about when the main character got thrown into

the water by a big bully. He is in his mind planning what he will do when he

descends to the bottom of the pool. He thinks that he will push off of the bottom

of the pool. The author tells this story to let people know that you should not

play around water and that you should know how to swim.


To begin with, when William walked into the YMCA pool and said “The pool at the

YMCA had tilled bottom and was as white and as clean as a bathtub”. When the big

bruiser came William described the bully as having thick hair on his chest and had

his mussels showing and looked really tough. When he was thinking about his ideas

he sank he thought that he would kick of the tile and would paddle to the edge of

the pool. William was waiting to reach the bottom still was planning to push off

the bottom but he thought it was deeper like 90 feet, but it was only 9 feet. He

was really scared because he tried to kick but didn’t work. His lung got full of

water and he was going to pass out.


In the first place this author wrote this article because he was trying to tell

people that you should not be afraid of water. He had a fear of water he was afraid

of water because the waves of the ocean had knocked him over and was afraid. The

author wants you to know that you should take swimming lessons. Being a trying to

tell bully is not a good thing people in water because who gets pushed in might not

know how to swim. The bully’s action could kill the victory. The author wrote this

article. To tell people that water can be dangerous.


This story made me feel said because the bully pushed the main charter in and all

most killed him because he didn’t know how to swim. The story could fit in a

tragedy plot line because of the bully pushed main charter in the water and almost

died. At the end of the book he gets swimming lessons and now he can swim. The

author told this story to tell people that water is dangers.