Deep Water S.A

Deep Water


Have you ever had an experience that still affected you years later? William O. Douglas wrote the story Deep Water based on something that happened to him. Someone threw him into a pool when he was young. He almost drowned and feared water for a long time. Later in life he decided that he needed to overcome his fear. He took swim lessons and eventually was able to swim by himself comfortably. I enjoyed reading this story because it kept me thinking about what was going to happen next.


I think that it would be very hard to overcome a fear like that after what had happened. I almost drowned once at the dells when I was only five or six years old. I we couldn’t touch and didn’t know how swim. We were using each other to get above water. My mom ended up jumping in and helping us. I didn’t want to go near water for a few months after that but over all I was okay.


The author did a good job of making the story sound real. He used a variety of vocabulary words that helped make the story more interesting. It sounded very realistic. This story was very well written and made me feel almost like I was there watching all this happen.


I did like this story. The author did a great job of recreating the event. It made me feel like I was there. I also liked the lesson of this book. It showed that you can overcome your fears. In the story he overcame his fear of swimming. i enjoyed this story because it kept me wondering what was going to happen next.

The Pearl

The Pearl

What would you do if you found a great pearl? In the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck there is a family who finds a pearl. The pearl causes them many problems throughout the book. It almost gets the main character killed and it causes the family to travel into the city. This book follows a tragedy mode of literature for many different reasons.
The plotline is one of the main reasons that this book is a tragedy. A Tragedy plotline starts with the world in conflict. In the beginning of The Pearl kino's village is struggling for food and water and is very poor. After that comes a rise to power. Kino finds the pearl and believes his life will get better. His whole village feels relieved. Next there is a tragic flaw or human weakness. Once kino finds the pearl he finds it hard to trust any body, even his family. Then there is a tragic fall. The pearl that kino thought would do him good has done him nothing but bad. He has gotten attacked several times and is now starting to question weather or not he wants to keep the pearl. Last is death or death symbolism. Near the end of the book kino's son gets shot and dies. The plotline is one of the many things that makes this story a tragedy.
The plotline isn’t the only reason that this book is a tragedy it also has the characteristics it needs to be a tragedy. Tragedies are realistic. There were many different Indian villages that had been taken over by English people and it is possible for a person to find a pearl that could change their life. Another characteristic is that evil is strong and good is weak. In The Pearl kino never seemed to win, his house got burned down, his canoe had died, he could never win. This book has all it needs to be a tragedy.
This book is a tragedy for many reasons. I would have guessed that this book was a tragedy even if I didn’t know anything about the modes of literature. Unlike most stories this book seemed like a tragedy and was a tragedy. Well reading the book I found myself thinking what I would do if I found a great pearl. To me it seemed like the author wanted you to think that and that is one of the only things I liked about this book. Over all I disliked this book.

The Pearl last reflection

I didn’t enjoy reading The Pearl by John Steinbeck . It was well written but moved too fast. The main event in the book took place in the very beginning. I wish that the author could have made the book more detailed. most of the events happened very fast and there wasn’t enough detail for you to get a picture in your head of what it might have looked like. I did like how in the beginning they found the pearl and were excited thinking that it would change their lives. Later they found out that it changed their lives in a negative way and threw the pearl back in the gulf. I think that the lesson the author showed through the story is that sometimes good things come with bad consequences.

Will the pearl destroy the family

Will the pearl destroy the family
The pearl will destroy the family. Less then a day has gone by and people are trying to find ways to get involved with the pearl and some one has already tried to steal it. It will and already has put them in danger. I also think that kino will eventually trust nobody and may end up turning on his family and taking what he gets out of the pearl for himself. I don’t think that the pearl will effect kino and his family the way he wants it to.

The Pearl Reflection

So far I don’t like this book. I don’t like how there is so much talk about magic and rituals. It also started out fast, the main problem of the book happened in the first chapter. And it seems like the solution happened in only the second chapter. The only thing that I do enjoy in this book is how the point of view switches off from the main character to the narrator. I like it because there aren't very many books that are written that way. This book is well written but is not the type of book I would chose to read.