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How did Douglas’ misadventure at the
Y.M.C.A. pool affect his later life?
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Douglas’ misadventure at the Y.M.C.A. pool developed an aversion of water in him. He suffered from hydrophobia and could not swim. As a result, he was devoid of pleasures of swimming, rafting, fishing, canoeing and other water sports. This made him feel incomplete.
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What factors led Douglas to decide
in favour of Y.M.C.A. pool?
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When Douglas was three years old, he
was swept over by sea waves at the California beach. Since then he
developed an aversion to water. But he wanted to learn to swim. So he decided
to learn to swim at a safer place. The Y.M.C.A. pool was the safest pool with
two or three feet deep at the shallow end and nine feet at the deep side. It
was very safe even for the beginners. Thus Douglas decided to learn to swim
at the Y.M.C.A. pool.
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How did William Douglas’ aversion to
water begin?
Or Which two incidents in Douglas’ early life made him scared of water? |
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Douglas had a very bad experience at
the age of three or four years. His father took him to the beach in
California and there he was knocked down by huge waves and was almost buried
under water. This left a scary impact on his mind. Second, when he was ten or
eleven years old, a bruiser threw him into the Y.M.C.A. pool. This time he
narrowly escaped death. He was saved from getting drowned but an aversion to
water overpowered him. As a result, he became scared of water and couldn’t
enjoy swimming, canoeing, fishing or any other water sport.
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How did Douglas’s experience at
Y.M.C.A. pool affect him?
Or How did the incident at Y.M.C.A. pool affect Douglas later in life? |
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This incident spoiled the confidence
of Douglas. He became hydrophobic and always avoided water. The moment he
entered water, his limbs would become paralysed and a terror would grab him.
This fear ruined his fishing trips. He could not enjoy any water sports like
canoeing, fishing, swimming, etc. due to this fear of water.
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How did Douglas remove his residual
doubts about his fear of water?
Or “The instructor was finished. But I was not finished.” What does this refer to? Explain briefly. |
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The instructor worked with Douglas
for seven months. Through rigorous training, the instructor made him get rid
of his fear of water. But still some vestiges of fear used to haunt Douglas
whenever he was alone in water. So he decided to go to the various
waterbodies to overcome his fear of water and become confident.
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What shocking experience did Douglas
have at YMCA pool?
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Douglas had a shocking experience at
the YMCA pool that affected him badly. As he was sitting on the side of
the pool, a big bully of a boy, eighteen years of age, picked him up
and threw him into the pool at the deep end thinking he knew swimming.
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Why did Douglas want to overcome his
fear of water?
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Douglas wanted to overcome his fear
of water because this fear had become his handicap. The moment he entered
water, his limbs would become paralysed and terror would grab him. This fear
ruined all his fishing trips. He could not do canoeing, boating and swimming.
So in order to enjoy his life completely, he decided to overcome his fear of
water.
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How did Douglas get rid of all the
residual fear of water that he had?
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The instructor had built a swimmer
out of Douglas, but still same vestiges of fear used to haunt him whenever he
was alone in water. In order to get rid of all the residual fear, Douglas
swam across various waterbodies. He went up to the Tieton to Conrad Meadows,
up the Conrad Creek Trail to Meade Glacier and, finally, camped at Warm Lake.
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Explain how Douglas felt when he was
thrown into the pool. What plan did he make to come to the surface?
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ANS:
When Douglas was thrown into the
pool, he got frightened and a sense of panic gripped him. But still he was
not out of his wits. He thought of a strategy to save himself. He decided
that as his feet hit the bottom of the pool, he would make a big jump and
come to the surface. He would lie flat on it and paddle to the edge of the
pool.
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Douglas fully realised the truth of
Roosevelt’s statement, “All we have to fear is fear itself.” How did this
realization help him brush aside his fear and become an expert swimmer?
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Fear is a paralysing emotion. It
restricts all kinds of efforts, creativity and all kinds of ventures that one
thinks of achieving. But with grit, determination and hardwork, fear can be
conquered. William Douglas proved this. He chased away his fear of water by
first psychoanalysing it and then treating it in a systematic manner. After
his misadventure at Y.M.C.A. pool, Douglas developed hydrophobia. In spite of
that, he hired a professional trainer and learnt swimming step by step. Due
to his strong willpower and rigorous practice, Douglas was made a swimmer by
the trainer. But even now Douglas was not satisfied and set a higher
benchmark for his perfection and devised various tests and situations to
defeat the fear in all forms. Ultimately, Douglas was able to overpower his
fear of water and became an expert swimmer.
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Desire, determination and diligence
lead to success. Explain the value of these qualities in the light of
Douglas’ experience in Deep Water.
Or Courage and optimism are attributes that can make the impossible possible. Elucidate with reference to Deep Water. |
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It is only through courage, desire
and determination that man has succeeded in making the impossible possible.
The most appropriate example is William Douglas’ pursuit to overcome his fear
of water. After the terrible experience of almost drowning at the Y.M.C.A.
swimming pool, Douglas developed a fear of water. The moment he entered
water, pangs of panic paralysed his lumbs. He spent many years of his life,
under this fear.
But finally he decided to overcome this fear and succeeded in his attempts
due to his relentless efforts and positive approach. He hired the services of
an instructor, who after rigorous training and special technique, built a
swimmer out of him. It took Douglas almost seven months to overcome his fear.
But, finally, Douglas proved that it was courage, determination, desire,
diligence and optimism that made him get rid of fear.
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