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How does conquering fear liberate us? Discuss with reference to the chapter, ‘Deep Water’. |
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Answer» The ‘misadventure’ that William O. Douglas experienced at the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool left a deep impression on his mind. The fear stayed with him as the years rolled by. Finally, he decided to get an instructor and learn how to swim. He went to a pool and practised five days a week, an hour a day. The instructor put a belt round him. A rope was attached to the belt. The rope went through a pulley. He was made to go back and forth across the pool. Then he taught Douglas how to exhale under water and inhale outside it. William O. Douglas was still not sure that all the terror had left him. So he went to Lake Wentworth and dived off a dock at Triggs Island. He swam two miles across the lake. But still he had residual doubts. So he dived into Warm Lake and swam across to the other shore and back fearlessly. At last, he was liberated from his fear. |
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