The Deep Water Essay

In the story Deep Water by William O. Douglas he has been writing other short story novel such as "Deep Water". This book has a lot of horrify parts in it. The author of the book wrote this book of his experience in his life about and the fears that he has. This young boy in the story is scared about swimming and just learning how to swim and only ten years old and a new experience and knowing the feeling of suffocating under water.

Being in this situation at this young age is horrify and untreatable. The first experience is always the worst and the feel of failure for this young child. He is only 10 years old and other guys that were 18 years old in college through him into the deep end the pool and called him screwy and names. He had nearly drowned, but he knew that he could get by sinking to the bottom of he could spring of to the top by hitting the bottom hard and swim to safety.

His plan had back fried. He only had his nose out of the water but he could get his mouth out to take breath. He had kept on trying it over and over again every time he failed. He found himself trapped inside the pool and not feeling well and puke. He is now terrified and frightened of the water in pool. He couldn’t get into the boat his legs where freezing and he is paralyzed and tried.

This has affected William very much it stopped him from doing any water actives such as swimming, fishing, canoeing and some other water activities. William had decided to get a trainer to help have little to no fear of the water anymore. This training had made William not afraid of water at all anymore. It would have been terrified to be in his position it would have been terrifying to have been there only breathing and never know when it would be your last.

This short story is full of sad terrifying stories and last breathe but in the end the author did a great job. If anyone that hasn't read this and has read it after it would be really good cause it wouldn't be that good. I didn't like this book as much as others but, it was well written and had excellent details about the character and the author did a great job on it.

The Pearl

In the book Pearl there are lots of adventures, threats, and gives the family there strength and loves for each other. While the story is at its start Kino, Juana, and Coyotito live in a straw house and they are very poor. Kino is an impoverished native that is a pearl diver. He loves his family very, very much and would do anything for them. So when Coyotito got stung by a scorpion they new that it was bad.

So little while after Coyotito got stung by the scorpion Kino went pearl diving. When he went pearl finding he found a giant pearl. He had found the pearl just off the coast of the ocean. When he found the pearl he had to do something with it but he was just in shock that he had found it. So he wanted to help his son Coyotito with his scorpion bite. So he went to the doctor house and the doctor said "he won't help them because they are poor and he only helps the rich people". But when the doctor realizes that he could maybe get that big pearl he comes to the house. The doctor comes to the house and " helps Coyotito" but doesn't really. So after that the doctor will try to steal the pearl.

When Kino finds out that someone is trying to steal the pearl he comes a bit addictive about it. When all the people in the town hear that Kino has the pearl of the world they will try to steal it from him. So Kino puts it in a certain spot so hopefully can find it. So when Kino comes to obsess with the pearl he puts the pearl first and family last. When the pearl gets Kino people on end people are trying to steal the pearl so Kino and his family try to leave.


When the family has left they have a fit for survival they are just so tried and sick so Kino finally throws the pearl back into the ocean and the family of Kino and Juana are sad that there son Coyotito has passed away and they will have a good journey together.

Reflection chapter 3

My reflection on the story so far is that is when I had taken a family vacation. So during our vacation we had decided to go and try to find shell and maybe find a pearl inside of it. So when we had gotten off the cruise ship we had went to this beach called castaway key and we were just getting there and someone had been finding pearls like crazy so we had went in with a bag and had found 1 pearl and it was really small and we keep it and it was really cool. People didn't try to steal it so it wasn't all like the story but that is my reflection.

Kino And Juana chapter 1

The book Pearl is a reflection on how a family can be so poor but do so many amazing things. I can relate to this story by, when I was on a vacation once they had asked us to go pearl clam and pearl diving and when we were out really far we found a pearl that looked very nice and clean. When Juana found the pearl, people were wanting it so bad. If Kino wouldn't buy or sell something it would get stolen or he will have to throw it back in the water. Its also hurting the family of Kino and Juana.

The Pearl

In the story pearl by John Steinbeck, Juana is afraid that the pearl will destroy the family of Kino and Juana. The pearl will destroy the family because it has come to much of a ticket item to people and to be stolen. In the book "the town's people become Kino enemy". The doctor had tricked Kino into helping Coyotito with his scorpion bit. Later that night someone came into there straw house and tried to steal the pearl