Deep Water

Imagine you are in a pool, learning how to swim. Then a big bruiser of a boy probably 18 years old tossed you in the deep end. Then you struggle to get to the surface. The short story “Deep water” by William Douglas teaches a person one person’s joke could be another person’s nightmare.
Have you ever had had a life threatening event? I have, when I was 10, I went with my dad swimming in his friend’s pool. After I got into the pool, I realized there was a deep end. Before I knew it, I went under, and then I started to scream. After that my dad came over and picked me out of the water. If I was paying attention to the drop off, this would have never happened.
I think the short story Deep Water is a comedy because it starts out normal, you decide you want to learn how to swim at the Y.M.C.A. The then a conflict arises the kid says “how’d you like to get ducked. With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end. Then the kid realizes he needs to do something, so he says I need to jump on the floor of the pool and pop back up. The conflict was resolved by someone taking him out of the pool. Then life goes back to normal by him going home and moving on with his life.
Deep Water,” relates to "All Summer in a Day," in multiple ways. One of which is how they both deal with water, whether it’s raining daily, like in "All Summer in a Day”, or in a pool, as in "Deep Water. Both stories deal with water. Both main characters hate water, because of something that happened to them, that dealt with water. This is not like me because I live water you can always find me near water, even if something happened I would like water. Another way is how both of the main characters are getting bullied; the main characters aren’t near as powerful as the evil ones, or the bullies. Even though the guy who bullied the main character in ”Deepwater” was not talked about that much, I could still tell that he had controlled weaker ones in, swimming lessons or in his school.
That’s why that just joking and some other person may not think it is funny. William Douglas teaches people one person’s joke could be another person’s nightmare.