Not Waving But Drowning
1. "Not Waving But Drowning" by Stevie Smith tells us about a man that went for a swim. The water is cold and the man went too far out; he begins to panic. What is seen from the shore looks like a man waving from out in the water, when in reality he is drowning. Then man dies, and people are surprised because they didn't think he was in need of help.
2. The author's universal idea is: humans are fragile creatures, easily misunderstood. The man was drowning but people thought that he was just out for a swim, and was waving from out in the water. As people are beginning the reflect on what happened they all agree that the water was too cold that day and he was out a bit too far. This is representative of the way many people are, in that we are often too busy in what is going on in our own lives that we fail to see the people "drowning" around us. We may have a crisis in our life and want someone to offer assistance, but many times people don't see a problem unless they are......
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