Deep Water
Telling and writing about fear
Retell an event from an observer's view and write about overcoming a fear.
Douglas tells his story in the first person, as 'I'. So we can go inside his mind: his plan to jump, his rising panic, the strange calm before he fainted.
An observer watching from the side of the pool could only tell what he saw from outside: a thin boy sinking, rising for a moment, and sinking again. He could not know what Douglas was thinking under the water. That is why the first-person account feels so much stronger here.
When you write about a fear of your own and how you overcame it, give small, real details:
- what scared you, and why;
- how it felt, in your body and mind;
- who helped you;
- how you beat it, step by step.
If you write a letter to a friend about learning something new, keep it informal.
India offers many water sports to try, such as river rafting at Rishikesh and diving in the Andaman Islands.
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