Summary Of A Drowning By Judith

Upon reading “A Drowning”, I thought this story was a very enlightening story opening readers’ eyes to reality. The usual stories that we are exposed to, always end with a happy ending where the protagonist was able to help and save the day. However, although unfortunate, this story depicts the speaker put in a position where he was unable to do anything to save the person from drowning. This comes to show the reality that there are times when you are placed in similar situations where, no matter how much you might want to do something to help, you might be restricted to so. On the other hand, i liked how the author was very descriptive and thorough throughout the story. This made the story very thrilling to read. It had kept me on the edge of my seat, eager to know whether the person drowning survives. I had hoped and was wishing that he does survive. So when I learned that the drowning individual hadn’t come up the third time from the water, I was very disappointed. Contrariwise, what I disliked about the story was the fact that the story turned out to be a sad ending. Although the story doesn’t clearly state whether the drowning individual had died, it does say “Mrs. Abbott came in looking really very sad” implying that something bad had happened.
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Abbott came in looking really very sad.” The speaker doesn’t clarify what happened to the drowning individual, whether he had died or not. I think everybody goes to try and find the victim’s body, knowing there’s no chance that he could have survived. The police are informed and they also come to the scene and everybody persistently searches and the victim’s body is found. Mrs. Abbott than goes to the protagonist’s house with a sad face informing them that they had found the victim’s body and he is in fact dead. The protagonist feels an ache in his heart feeling guilty about being unable to do anything about