Chapter: 3

 DEEP WATER
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TEXTBOOK EXCERCISES

1. What is the misadventure that William Douglas speaks about?

āωāχāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻ•ি āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়?

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.

āωāχāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে Y.M.CA, āϚুāχāĻŽিং āĻĒুāϞāϤ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰া āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āϘāϟāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āϝ়। āĻāϜāύ āϞ⧰া āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒীāĻĄ়āĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒুāϞāϤ āĻ…āĻ•āϞে āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϚিāĻžā§°ি āωāĻ িāϞ, "āĻšাāχ āϏ্āĻ•িāύি!"। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚāĻ• āϤুāϞি āϞৈ āĻĒুāϞāϟোā§° āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϞৈ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāϞে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°āϤে āϤāϞāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĄুāĻŦ āϝোā§ąাā§° āφāĻļংāĻ•া āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। "āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ•" āϘāϟāύাāϟোā§ąে āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚāĻ• āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖা āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ­āϝ়āĻ• āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāϜ্āϜীā§ąিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

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?

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻĒুāϞāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻ•ি āĻ†ā§ąেāĻ— āφ⧰ু āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻļৃংāĻ–āϞা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ? āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•ি āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

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 āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚāĻ• āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāχāĻŦাāϟাāĻ“ āĻ†ā§ąেāĻ— āφ⧰ু āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻšিā§° āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϟা āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āϜঁāĻĒিāϝ়াāχ āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ­ā§°ি āĻŦোā§° āĻ•āĻ োā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻ­āϝ়াā§ąāĻšāϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻ•āĻĸ়িāϝ়াāχ āφāύিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āφāϤংāĻ•িāϤ āϕ⧰ি āϤুāϞিāĻ›িāϞ।

3.  How did this experience affect him?

āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

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.

āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাāχ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϛ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻ• āϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āĻ…āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤি āφ⧰ু āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ­āϝ়āĻ• āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāϜ্āϜীā§ąিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ› āϧ⧰া āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āύāώ্āϟ āϕ⧰ি āĻĒেāϞাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āύাāĻ“ āφ⧰ু āϏাঁāϤোā§°ā§° āφāύāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻž্āϚিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ­āϝ়āϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āĻ­াā§ąে āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ•āĻŦāϞāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒুāϞāϞৈ āϘূā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

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

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ­āϝ় āĻ…āϤিāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āφāĻ›িāϞ?

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.

āĻŦāϛ⧰āĻŦোā§° āϘূā§°ি āĻ…āĻšাā§° āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ­āϝ় āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়াāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, āĻ­āϝ়āϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϜāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϝ'āϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ, āχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύাāĻ“ āϚāϞোā§ąা, āĻŽাāĻ› āϧ⧰া āφ⧰ু āϏাঁāϤোā§°ā§° āφāύāύ্āĻĻ āύāώ্āϟ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ­āϝ় āĻ…āϤিāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āύিāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।

5. How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?

āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϜāύে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚ⧰ āĻĒā§°া "āĻāϜāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ" āĻ—āĻĸ়ি 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§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϜāύে āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāϜāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āĻ—āĻĸ়ি āϤুāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟা āϚāϞাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϏে āϤাāϰ āϚাāϰāĻĒাāĻļে āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŦেāϞ্āϟ āϰেāĻ–েāĻ›িāϞ। āĻŦেāϞ্āϟ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āϏংāϞāĻ—্āύ ā§°āĻ›ী āĻāϟা āĻĒুāϞিā§° āĻŽাāϜেā§°ে āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϘāĻŖ্āϟাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϘāĻŖ্āϟা āĻĒুāϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°েā§°ে āϘূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāϧ্āϝ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āωāĻļাāĻš āĻā§°ি āωāĻļাāĻš āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāϜāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

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

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāĻ• āϜāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

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”.

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীāϤ āĻ…āĻ•āϞে āφāĻ›িāϞ, āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি "āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ"ā§° āϞāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āϘূā§°ি āφāĻšিāĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏেāχ āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁ ā§ąেāĻŖ্āĻŸā§ąাā§°্āĻĨ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাā§°্āϤাāϞাāĻĒ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒā§° āĻāϟা āĻĄāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĻুāχ āĻŽাāχāϞ āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāϟো āĻĒāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏাঁāϤুā§°ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ "āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ" āϜāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

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?

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻĒাāĻ āĻ•āĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āφāϤংāϕ⧰ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϕ⧰ে āϝিāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻĄুāĻŦ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ? āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύাāϟো āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϕ⧰া āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰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.

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āχāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–ীāύ āĻš'āĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āϏেāχ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāϤ āĻāϜāύ āĻĒেāĻļীāĻŦāĻšুāϞ āĻĄেāĻ•া āϞ⧰া āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীā§° āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤāϞāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ…ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāϞে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻšিā§° āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤāϞāϞৈ āϝাāĻ“ঁāϤে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϜঁāĻĒিāϝ়াāχ āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āϞৈ āĻ…āĻšাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϏেāχ āύāĻĢুāϟāϟো āύāĻŦ্āĻŦৈā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϜ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āϏংāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻāϟা āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϚāĻ•ু āĻŽেāϞিāϞে āφ⧰ু āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে āφāύ āĻāĻ•ো āĻĻেāĻ–া āύাāĻĒাāϞোঁ। āϏে āφāϤāĻ™্āĻ•িāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āωāĻĄ়āϞ।

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϛ⧰ āĻ­ā§°ি āĻĒāĻ•্āώাāϘাāϤāĻ—্ā§°āϏ্āϤ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāϟা āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϤāϞāϞৈ āϟাāύি āύিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻĒাāύীāϝ়েāĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻšাঁāĻ“āĻĢাঁāĻ“ āĻŦিāώাāχ āĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻšৃāĻĻāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĒāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āώ্āϟাā§°্āĻ• āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ•āĻŦāϞāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ•ো āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻš'āϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟোāĻĒāύি āϝোā§ąা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāϞৈ āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻĒাāϞে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϜāĻ•ে āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীā§° āĻ•াāώāϤ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে, āĻŦāĻŽি āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›ে।

2. How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ­āϝ়āĻ• āĻ…āϤিāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

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.

āĻĒুāϞāϟোāϤ āĻŦিāĻ•āĻļিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻ­āϝ়āϟো āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāϛ⧰ āϧ⧰ি āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ­āϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ› āϧ⧰া āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ, āύাāĻ“ āϚāϞোā§ąা āφ⧰ু āϏাঁāϤোā§° āύāώ্āϟ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āϤাā§°ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšāϤ āĻĒাঁāϚāĻĻিāύ āĻ…āύুāĻļীāϞāύ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻিāύে āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖ্āϟা। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϜāύে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে āĻŦেāϞ্āϟ āĻāϟা ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻŦেāϞ্āϟāϟোāϤ āĻāϟা ā§°āĻ›ী āϏংāϞāĻ—্āύ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। ā§°āĻ›ীāϟো āĻāϟা āĻĒুāϞিā§° āĻŽাāϜেā§°ে āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝিāϟো āĻāϟা āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āϤাঁā§°āϤ āϚāϞিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে ā§°āĻ›ীā§° āĻāϟা āĻŽূā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীāϟোā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°েā§°ে āφāĻ—āĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻ—'āϞ। āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āωāϤ্āϤেāϜāύা āĻš্ā§°াāϏ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϜāύে āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāϜāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

                   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.

āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚ āϤেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ–ুāĻŦ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীāϤ āĻ…āĻ•āϞে āφāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āϞāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āϘূā§°ি āφāĻšিāĻŦ। āĻāĻĻিāύ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϞেāĻ• ā§ąেāĻŖ্āĻŸā§ąাā§°্āĻĨāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাā§°্āϤাāϞাāĻĒ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒā§° āĻāϟা āĻĄāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϟোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĻুāχ āĻŽাāχāϞ āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।  āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ­āϝ়āĻ• āϜāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।


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• āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āĻ•িāϝ় āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া āϜāϝ় āϕ⧰াā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰ে? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•ি āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āφāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰ে?

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§ąাāϟাā§°"āϤ āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϚে āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏেāχ āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāϜāϝ় āϕ⧰াā§° āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়েāĻ“ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰ে। āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϛ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟা āφ⧰ু āĻĻৃāĻĸ় āϏংāĻ—্ā§°াāĻŽ āϏাংāĻ•েāϤিāĻ• āφ⧰ু āχāĻ™্āĻ—িāϤāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ। āύিā§°āύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟাā§° āϜ⧰িāϝ়āϤে āϏāĻ•āϞো āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāϧা āĻ…āϤিāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাāχ āφāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•ূāϞ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤো āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ• āωāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ী āĻĒাāĻ  āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰ি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.

āĻāϜāύ āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒীāĻĄ়āĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• ā§ąাāχ.M.C āĻ āĻĒুāϞ⧰ āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϞৈ āύিāĻ—ā§°াāχ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ⧰ুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻ­ā§°িāĻĻুāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻ োā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻšাঁāĻ“āĻĢাঁāĻ“ āĻŦিāώাāχ āĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻšৃāĻĻāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĒāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻ• āϤীāĻŦ্ā§° āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϜāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰িāϞে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻŖāϤ āĻš'āϞ। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϜāĻ•ে āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীā§° āĻ•াāώāϤ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।

         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, āĻāϜāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āϏাঁāϤোā§°āĻŦিāĻĻ āϕ⧰ি āϤুāϞিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ“ āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϞāĻ•্āώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āϘূā§°ি āφāĻšিāĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϞেāĻ• ā§ąেāĻŖ্āĻŸā§ąাā§°্āĻĨāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻāϟা āĻĄāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϟোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĻুāχ āĻŽাāχāϞ āϏাঁāϤুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ­āϝ়āĻ• āϜāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

             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”.

             āĻĄāĻ—āϞাāϛ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাā§° āĻāϟা āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āφ⧰ু āϏাংāĻ•েāϤিāĻ• āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϏংāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ­āϝ় āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āχāϚ্āĻ›াāχ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ। ā§°ুāϜāĻ­েāϞ্āϟে āĻ•োā§ąাā§° āĻĻā§°ে, "āφāĻŽি āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ āĻ­āϝ়"।




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