DEEP WATER BY WILLIAM DOUGLAS

COMPLETE SOLUTION OF DEEP WATER

Q1. Write the name of the author “Deep Water”.

Ans:- William Douglas.

Q2. When had misadventure happened with Douglas?

Ans:- It had happened when douglas was ten or eleven years old.

Q3. What was the name of swimming pool?

Ans:- Y.M.C.A. was the name of the swimming pool.

Q4. What was the name of that treacherous river?

Ans:- The Yakima river was treacherous.

Q5. How deep was that swimming pool from both sides?

Ans:- Though Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. It was only two or three feet deep at the shallow end; while it was nine feet deep at the other side.

Q6. Why didn’t Douglas want to go naked into the water?

Ans:- Douglas didn’t want to go naked into the water because he didn’t want to show his skinny legs.

Q7. How old was Douglas when his father used to take him to the beach in California?

Ans:- Douglas was three or four years old when his father took him to  the beach in California.

Q8. What did Douglas do to learn swimming by aping others?

Ans:- Although, Douglas feared from water, but somehow he gathered confidence and  went into the water with his new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn swimming by aping others.

Q9. What misadventure had happened once with Douglas?

Ans:- Once a big bruiser of boy, probably eighteen years old full of thick hair on his chest. He was a beautiful physical specimen, with legs and arms that showed rippling muscle, he picked Douglas up and tossed him into the deep water and since then the fear about water started.

Q10. What did W. Douglas plane to come up on the surface of water?

Ans:- Douglas planned on the way down. When his feet hit the bottom, he would make a big jump to come up easily on the surface of water.

Q11. Did Douglas’ trick work according to his plane?

Ans:- No, Douglas’ every plane failed and went in vain.

Q12. How did Douglas feel when he was way down deep in the water?

Ans:- He seemed a long way down to the swimming pool. Those nine feet were more like ninety; there was nothing all round him else water. He was feared from water.

Q13. Who saved Douglas?

Ans:- Someone suddenly saw Douglas floating on the surface of water and brought him out from the water.

Q14. How did Douglas feel when he reached home after the accident of sinking?

Ans:- Douglas was quite feared , he was feeling weak and trembling. Neither he could eat that night due to the pain nor could he sleep properly.

Q15. What did Douglas make disappoint due to the fear of water?

Ans:- Due to the fear of water the slightest exertion of Douglas ruined and his one of the best pastime fishing and boating too.

Q16. What did Douglas do to overcome on the fear of water?

Ans:- Douglas appointed an instructor who could teach him swimming properly. Now he went to a pool and started practice five days a week, an hour each day. The instructor put a belt round him. A rope attached to the belt went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. Thus, Douglas kept his practice continue and at last after a hard struggle, Douglas overcame on the fear of water forever.

Q17. Did Douglas find himself at home in swimming after the training?

Ans:- Not at ll, Douglas didn’t find himself perfect even after the training. He kept his practice continue to be perfect from each side.

Q18. What did Douglas do to learn perfect swimming?

Ans:- Douglas kept his practice continue even after being over his training by the instructor. He swam across many lakes and cascades to be perfect in swimming. But after all, because of hard working and continue practice made Douglas a perfect swimmer. His everyday practice and curiousness towards learning swimming made Douglas a perfect swimmer. 

 Q19. What had once the American president Roosevelt said about fear?

Ans:- Roosevelt once said. “All we have to fear is fear itself.” 

Q20. How did this experience affect him?

Ans:- This experience had brought a great effect on Douglas. Fear of water possessed within his heart for ever after the accident. Due to this misadventure, many of Douglas’

 favorite pastimes had spoiled, like the slightest exertion, boating and fishing. Besides, he wouldn’t go alone into the water but even he wanted to learn swimming. Many times when he swam across the water bodies, he felt like someone fetching him down and he feared, but overall, he made his choice possible.

Q21. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?

Ans:- Douglas was a man of will determination who wanted to get over his fear of water forever. Because he knew well which was introduced by his friend Roosevelt “All we have to fear is the fear itself.” Hence, he wanted to enjoy his childhood dream by learning swimming and that’s why Douglas determined to overcome on the fear of water.

Q22. How did Douglas make sure that he has conquered the old terror?

Ans:- Even hard training and daily practice, Douglas feared to be alone in the pool. But Douglas kept continue his own practice of swimming even after the training by the instructor but yet he feared sometime. He went to different lakes and islands to check out himself. But at last, he satisfied when he dived in the Warm Lake, and swam across to the other shore. After this experience, Douglas cried out with full of joy as if he had become sure that he had conquered the old terror.

 Q23. How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?

Ans:- After the instructor had trained Douglas in the art of swimming, Douglas was still not sure or satisfied. He felt tiny vestiges of the fear of now and then. So, he swam on Lake Went worth. Once when the terror returned, Douglas challenged it, and didn’t let it overcome him. Finally, Douglas went to the Warm Lake. There he swam and the fear didn’t return to make him fear ever. Thus, Douglas overcame his fear of water for ever.