Breathing Underwater

Breathing Underwater is an interesting story of a preadolescent boys ego disco truly. scratchs journey towards self discovery is somewhat forced upon him when he assaults his girl friend Caitlin. The essay sentences Nick to six months of counseling that involve dealing with anger issues. In addition, due to the fact that nick claims that he doesnt know how he got into this mess, the judge assigns Nick to write in a journal perfunctory 500 words more or less what happened in his and Caitlins relationship (Finn, 2001). The psyche of this book is if Nick will lean anything about himself and what he does about it.In addition, it is important to understand that this book is about not judging heaps lives just by looking at them. This book, at counterbalance glace has a very odd title however very early on we get a glimpse at what ventilation system underwater might mean. The day of the first class, Mario asks completely the students if they ever know like they are suspire unde rwater and life is coming at you too fast (Finn, 2001, 20). It seems like breathing underwater means that we all are actors in our lives we try to show people that we are adventurous when we are actually afraid.Moreover, we are forever trying to show others that we in control of ourselves when in fact we feel completely out of control. Nick hits Caitlin because he feels that he and his life are out of control. However, when he goes to class, he feels as if he doesnt need anger counseling. In addition, zip in the class thinks they need to be on that point. Moreover, when one of the classmates ends up kill is girlfriend and himself, Nick sees that he needs counseling and how anger discharge and does destroy lives. The end of the book deals with Nick trying to take bandaging his life.He tries to apologize to Caitlin for hitting her and he tells her that he loved her, he and turkey cock rekindle their friendship, and Nick stands up to his dad. Nick says that he is tired of breath ing underwater and by the end of the book he has stopped himself from drowning in his anger. I think this book shows us that there are clock when we feel as if we are breathing underwater. It also shows us that there are better ways to manage our anger such as writing about it in a journal. Works Cited Flinn, A. (2001). Breathing Underwater. virgin York Harper Collins