An Analysis Of Breathing Underwater By Alex Finn

As a main character we may get a different impression of Nick since we are now analysing his personality and how he interacts with the other characters in the story. We read numerous pronouns in the first chapter, ‘I’, suggesting that he is self-indulgent and pompous. For instance, once at Gatsby’s party, Nick only kisses Jordan Baker because he ‘had no girl’, conveying he only kissed her because there was no one else there. This makes Nick seem selfish and arrogant as he is only thinking of himself. To the reader, we

Immediately preceding his statement about being one of the few honest people he has ever known, he admits to both falsely proclaiming his love and perpetuating a "vague understanding" he had no intention of fulfilling. What's more, Nick takes his long-belated decision to now, finally, deal with the situation as evidence of his perfect honesty-ignoring entirely the preceding weeks and months of deception!

To begin with, because Nick is merely another character in the unfolding tragedy readers can never see into

Every action that Nick had committed, while being under the guise of caring for Dulce, was really for Nick. Nick couldn’t let her go. Nick wanted Dulce to go under his terms. Nick wanted her to live for Nick. “No, I want her to be safe.” He said, still in denial apparently.

In search of autonomy, one must fight for survival and rule of one’s mind. This is evident in the case of Nick Adams. Throughout the story A Way You’ll Never Be Nick struggles to regain control of and to rediscover his identity. Through Hemingway’s use of flashback, free indirect discourse, stream of consciousness and other figures of speech, he explores the ideas of self-governance and identity as well as the effects of not having either.

As a teenager we tend to focus more on relationship , and or crushes and who we associate with. We get so caught up in who we’re involved with we tend to get controlling, and care way too much. Almost like Nick Andreas in the novel “Breathing Underwater” by Alex Finn. This book shows that when you keep things in and grow feelings quickly it could impact your life. The main character in this book was Nick , he was the usually teenage kid , good grades , popular kid , he owned a car , and most importantly Nick had the girl of his dreams, Caitlin. Nick loved his girlfriend Caitlin and did anything for her, with the exception of some arguing and creative discussions, and some

The mammalian diving reflex represents a primary physiological mechanism to maximize underwater excursions in air-breathing animals. Traditionally, the oxygen-conserving reflex consists of three metabolic and cardiovascular adjustments: (1) notable bradycardia; (2) selective peripheral vasoconstriction; and (3) increased blood flow to the viscera (Kawakami et al., 1967). Previous studies have observed such a response in birds and mammals, generalizing the considerable reduction of heart rate, or ‘diving bradycardia,’ as indicative of the response (Butler, 1982). The evolutionary success of these diving animals relies partly on the functional significance of reducing metabolic demands to prologue underwater survival. Although

The Changes of Heart Rate of Students during Human Dive Response when Resting and Submerged

3 In the book when Nick first sees Tom, he describes him as “A brute with two arrogant eyes.” That Quote from the book tells the reader that Nick can see through his inflated ego and see that his only power over people

Before one can learn, one must be confused. It’s no surprise that a coming of age character starts out naïve and inexperienced. When Nick first introduces himself, he appears very innocent. “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice,” he says. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (Fitzgerald 1). Nick naively claims that he is a man

She is just nosy and wants to get him involved with her friends. Nick assures her this is not true but she is not sure because she did hear it from distant relatives of Nick’s.

     We next see Nick and his reactions to relationships. In “The End of Something” Nick breaks up with his girlfriend Marjorie. He expresses to her that he is bored with his life and that they cannot stay together. This shows that due to Nick’s past, he is not ready for relationships with women. He does not want to live his life in the traditional manner that Marjorie expects him to. Due to his lack of development, he cannot communicate

How hard is it to do the right thing? In the article, “The Man in the Water”, many people did the right thing right until the end. “The Man in the Water” takes place in Washington D.C., where there was a blast of winter. It was a chaotic disaster that caught the nation’s attention. In reality, not everyone is willing to be the “good guy”. Everyone have once, thought of themselves more than others but, in this article, not everyone was selfish. Not being selfish, showed heroism and bravery. In the article “The Man in the Water”, Roger Rosenblatt uses conflict and setting to develop moral courage.

Nick says "Though I was curious to see her I had no desire to meet her – but I did. I went to New York on the train one afternoon and when we stopped by the ashheaps he jumped to his feet and, taking hold of my elbow, literally forced me out of the car," (Fitzgerald 24). Nick is making it sound as if he is being forced to meet Tom's mistress, though he has already agreed to meet her by getting on the train in the first place. Nick is so caught up with the excitement of it all, that he looks past how unethical the situation is. He chooses to not see anything wrong with meeting the woman Tom is having an affair with, because it is not as though he is the one having an affair; he is just a bystander. What he doesn't understand is that he is being just as dishonest as Tom is, because he doesn't saying anything. In his own eyes, Nick considers himself "one of the few honest people that [he has] ever known," (Fitzgerald 59). But Nick doesn't realize that being honest is not only, not telling a lie, but it is also telling the truth even when one's not being asked to tell the truth.

My hands dangle in mid-air, my googles snug against the border of my eyes, my mind empty as I stare into the sea of blue before me. The announcers voice echoes over the seemingly quiet deck. The faceless voice proceeds, “On your mark,” this sent the anxiety, and butterflies through my entire body as I gripped the rigged block. As my hands rest now on this pleated surface, I think of all the time and effort I had put in just for today. I knew that if everything went smoothly, I would drop a satisfactory amount of time. “Get set,” the changeless voice declares. My body now shifts my weight to my legs, my head moves into position, and my hands grip the block so bearish that my knuckles turn white. I repeat to myself, “two hand touch, it’s a