Chapter: 3
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TEXTBOOK EXCERCISES
1. What is the misadventure that William Douglas speaks about?
āĻāĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻি āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়?
Answer: William Douglas speaks about the misadventure that he experiences at the Y.M.C.A, swimming pool. A big bully of a boy found him alone at the pool. He yelled , “Hi Skinny!”. Then he picked Douglas up and tossed him into deep end of the pool. He went at once at the bottom and feared to be drowned. The “misadventure” gave Douglas a lot of agony and trouble. It revived his fear of water.
āĻāĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে Y.M.CA, āĻুāĻāĻŽিং āĻĒুāϞāϤ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°া āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻāĻāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়। āĻāĻāύ āϞ⧰া āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻā§āĻĒীāĻĄ়āĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒুāϞāϤ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻিāĻā§°ি āĻāĻ িāϞ, "āĻšাāĻ āϏ্āĻিāύি!"। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻāĻ āϤুāϞি āϞৈ āĻĒুāϞāĻোā§° āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϞৈ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°āϤে āϤāϞāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĄুāĻŦ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻļংāĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। "āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ" āĻāĻāύাāĻোā§ąে āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻāĻ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖা āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāϝ়āĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻ্āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
2. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻĒুāϞāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻি āĻā§ąেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻļৃংāĻāϞা āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻঁ āĻি āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: When Douglas was thrown into the pool, he experienced series of emotions and fears. He was frightened but not still out of his wits. He planned to make a big jump to come to the surface. His legs became stiff and refused to move. Icy horror grabbled his heart. It made him panicky.
āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻāĻ āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāĻāĻŦাāĻাāĻ āĻā§ąেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āϞাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻšিā§° āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻঁāĻĒিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻā§°ি āĻŦোā§° āĻāĻ োā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻāϝ়াā§ąāĻšāϤাāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻāĻĸ়িāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύিāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāϤংāĻিāϤ āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ।
3. How did this experience affect him?
āĻāĻ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: This experience had a lasting effect on Douglas. It revived unpleasant memories and his fear of water. It ruined his fishing trips. It deprived him of the joys of boating and swimming. The fear of water held him firmly in its grip. He never went back to the pool.
āĻāĻ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāĻ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤি āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāϝ়āĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻ্āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ āϧ⧰া āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āύāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āύাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏাঁāϤোā§°ā§° āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāϝ়āĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āĻাā§ąে āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻŦāϞāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒুāϞāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ।
4. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻিāϝ় āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāϝ় āĻ āϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The fear of water stayed with him as the years rolled by. Whenever he tried to enter water, the fear seized him. Wherever he went, it ruined his joy of boating, fishing and swimming. He was determined to get over his fear of water. Finally, he decided to employ an instructor and learn to swim.
āĻŦāĻā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻূā§°ি āĻ āĻšাā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāϝ় āϤেāĻঁā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āĻāϝ়āĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āϝ'āϞৈāĻে āĻৈāĻিāϞ, āĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āύাāĻ āĻāϞোā§ąা, āĻŽাāĻ āϧ⧰া āĻā§°ু āϏাঁāϤোā§°ā§° āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āύāώ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāϝ় āĻ āϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ āύিāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
5. How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া "āĻāĻāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ" āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤুāϞিāϞে?
Answer: The instructor made serious efforts to build a swimmer out of Douglas. He put a belt around him. A rope attached to the belt went through a pulley. Thus, he was made to go back and forth across the pool hour after hour. Then he was taught how to exhale and inhale. In this way, he built a swimmer out of Douglas.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤুāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ। āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻাāϰāĻĒাāĻļে āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦেāϞ্āĻ āϰেāĻেāĻিāϞ। āĻŦেāϞ্āĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϏংāϞāĻ্āύ ā§°āĻী āĻāĻা āĻĒুāϞিā§° āĻŽাāĻেā§°ে āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻŖ্āĻাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻāĻŖ্āĻা āĻĒুāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°েā§°ে āĻূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāϧ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻļাāĻš āĻā§°ি āĻāĻļাāĻš āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে, āϤেāĻঁ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
6. How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāĻ āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: Douglas was made a swimmer. But when he was alone in the pool, signs of the old “terror” would return. He wanted to make sure that he was free from that fear. So he went to lake Wentworth and dived off a dock at Triggs Island. He swam for two miles. The terror fled and he swam on. At last, he conquered the “old terror”.
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীāϤ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻāĻিāϞ, āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি "āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ"ā§° āϞāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āϏেāĻ āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϤেāĻঁ ā§ąেāĻŖ্āĻā§ąাā§°্āĻĨ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাā§°্āϤাāϞাāĻĒ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒā§° āĻāĻা āĻĄāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽাāĻāϞ āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāĻো āĻĒāϞাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āϏাঁāϤুā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ "āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ" āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
1. How does Douglas make clear to the reader the sense of panic that gripped him as he almost drowned? Describe the details that have made the description vivid?
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāϤংāĻā§° āĻ āύুāĻূāϤি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ে āϝিāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻĄুāĻŦ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ? āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύাāĻো āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āĻā§°া āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ?
Answer: Douglas could never imagine that he would face so much trouble in such a short time. His trouble started the moment a muscular young boy threw him into the deep end of the pool. He landed at the bottom in a sitting position. He was frightened but not yet out of his wits. On the way down, he planned to make a jump and come to the surface. Those nine feet appeared to be more like ninety. He gathered all his strength and took a great spring. He opened his eyes and saw nothing but water. He grew panicky.
Douglas’s legs were paralysed. A great force was pulling him down. He cried but only the water heard him. His lungs ached and heart throbbed. Stark terror took him in its grip. He called for help but nothing happened. Then all efforts ceased. He felt drowsy and crossed to oblivion. When he came to senses, he found himself lying beside the pool, vomiting.
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻš'āĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒেāĻļীāĻŦāĻšুāϞ āĻĄেāĻা āϞ⧰া āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীā§° āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āϤāϞāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻšিā§° āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤāϞāϞৈ āϝাāĻঁāϤে, āϤেāĻঁ āĻঁāĻĒিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϞৈ āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϏেāĻ āύāĻĢুāĻāĻো āύāĻŦ্āĻŦৈā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϏāĻāϞো āĻļāĻ্āϤি āϏংāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻু āĻŽেāϞিāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে āĻāύ āĻāĻো āĻĻেāĻা āύাāĻĒাāϞোঁ। āϏে āĻāϤāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāĻĄ়āϞ।
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻā§°ি āĻĒāĻ্āώাāĻাāϤāĻ্ā§°āϏ্āϤ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļāĻ্āϤিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϤāϞāϞৈ āĻাāύি āύিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāύ্āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻĒাāύীāϝ়েāĻšে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাঁāĻāĻĢাঁāĻ āĻŦিāώাāĻ āĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻšৃāĻĻāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĒāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āώ্āĻাā§°্āĻ āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻŦāϞāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāϤিāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻো āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϏāĻāϞো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻš'āϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻোāĻĒāύি āϝোā§ąা āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāϞৈ āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻ্āĻাāύ āĻĒাāϞে, āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻāĻে āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻিāϞে, āĻŦāĻŽি āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে।
2. How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻāϝ়āĻ āĻ āϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The fear that developed in the pool stayed with Douglas for years. The fear of water ruined his fishing trips, boating and swimming. It firmly held him in his grip. Finally, he decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. He practised five days a week, an hour each day. The instructor put a belt around him. A rope was attached to the belt. The rope went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. Douglas held one end of the rope, and went back and forth across the pool. After three months tension began to slack. The instructor was able to build a swimmer out of Douglas.
āĻĒুāϞāĻোāϤ āĻŦিāĻāĻļিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻāϝ়āĻো āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ āϧ⧰া āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ, āύাāĻ āĻāϞোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āϏাঁāϤোā§° āύāώ্āĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āϤাā§°ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšāϤ āĻĒাঁāĻāĻĻিāύ āĻ āύুāĻļীāϞāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻিāύে āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖ্āĻা। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻŦেāϞ্āĻ āĻāĻা ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻŦেāϞ্āĻāĻোāϤ āĻāĻা ā§°āĻী āϏংāϞāĻ্āύ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। ā§°āĻীāĻো āĻāĻা āĻĒুāϞিā§° āĻŽাāĻেā§°ে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻো āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϤাঁā§°āϤ āĻāϞিāĻিāϞ। āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে ā§°āĻীā§° āĻāĻা āĻŽূā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীāĻোā§° āĻāĻĒā§°েā§°ে āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻ'āϞ। āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤেāĻāύা āĻš্ā§°াāϏ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Douglas was still not very sure. Some signs of old fear would return when he was alone in the pool. One day he went to Lake Wentworth and dived off a dock at Triggs Island. He swam two miles across the lake. Finally, he was able to conquer his fear of water.
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻ āϤেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻুāĻŦ āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āύাāĻিāϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীāϤ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻāĻিāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϞāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ। āĻāĻĻিāύ āϤেāĻঁ āϞেāĻ ā§ąেāĻŖ্āĻā§ąাā§°্āĻĨāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাā§°্āϤাāϞাāĻĒ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒā§° āĻāĻা āĻĄāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽাāĻāϞ āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻāϝ়āĻ āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
3. Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it? What larger meaning does he draw from his experience?
āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤāĻŦāϝ়āϏ্āĻ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āĻিāϝ় āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϝ় āĻā§°াā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°ে? āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻি āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ে?
Answer: In “Deep Water” Douglas recounts a childhood experience of terror. He also describes his determination of conquering that terror. Douglas’ efforts and determined struggle are symbolic and suggestive. All terrors and obstacles can be overcome through persistent efforts. His experience can serve a useful lesson for others to succeed even in the most hostile circumstances.
"āĻĄিāĻĒ ā§ąাāĻাā§°"āϤ āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻে āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। āϤেāĻঁ āϏেāĻ āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāĻāϝ় āĻā§°াā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏংāĻāϞ্āĻĒā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়েāĻ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°ে। āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻĻৃāĻĸ় āϏংāĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ āϏাংāĻেāϤিāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ্āĻিāϤāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ। āύিā§°āύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°িāϝ়āϤে āϏāĻāϞো āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāϧা āĻ āϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāĻ āĻāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻূāϞ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤো āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāϝোāĻী āĻĒাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
A big bully of a tossed him into the deep end of the Y.M.C.A. pool. He felt suffocated. His legs became rigid. His lungs ached and heart throbbed. Then a stark terror seized him. He crossed into oblivion. When he came to senses he found himself lying beside the pool.
āĻāĻāύ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻā§āĻĒীāĻĄ়āĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ ā§ąাāĻ.M.C āĻ āĻĒুāϞ⧰ āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϞৈ āύিāĻā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ⧰ুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻā§°িāĻĻুāĻāύ āĻāĻ োā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাঁāĻāĻĢাঁāĻ āĻŦিāώাāĻ āĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻšৃāĻĻāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĒāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻ āϤীāĻŦ্ā§° āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°িāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻŖāϤ āĻš'āϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻāĻে āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ।
Finally, an instructor gave him thorough training and made him a swimmer. But still old signs of fear would return. He went to Lake Wentworth and dived off a dock. He swam two miles across the lake. At last, he was able to conquer his fear of water.
āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϞāĻ্āώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁ āϞেāĻ ā§ąেāĻŖ্āĻā§ąাā§°্āĻĨāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻĄāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽাāĻāϞ āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻāϝ়āĻ āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
For Douglas the experience had a deeper and symbolic meaning. He had experienced both- the sensation of dying and the fear of it. Finally, what matters is the will to live. As Roosevelt said, “All we have to fear is fear itself”.
āĻĄāĻāϞাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻা āĻāĻীā§° āĻā§°ু āϏাংāĻেāϤিāĻ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϏংāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻāϝ় āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ। ā§°ুāĻāĻেāϞ্āĻে āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĻā§°ে, "āĻāĻŽি āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ āĻāϝ়"।
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