Lynne Cox: Character Analysis

Swimming is something that almost everyone loves to do. Whether it is in a pool or the ocean, there is a sense of freedom and weightlessness that we can't get anywhere else. As long as you can float in water you shouldn’t really have any fear or worry. If that water is thirty-two degrees on the other hand, then you might start to worry and panic. In the case of Lynne Cox, after the first page it kept me in suspense wondering, was she just going to die of hypothermia? I assumed the swim was going to be completed successfully, but with problems along the way with the scenario, anxiety, and the water. What struggles would occur, but what made me think it would be successful? Would they write a book with a disappointing ending? Not with my hunch. …show more content…
This made me think, maybe something bad will happen and she won't finish in first after all. It hit me again, rising action, they could just be adding to it. Making it seem as if death is certain, only to hook you in the climax with the fact that she actually survived. Nevertheless the reaction to the doctor tracing her veins increased Lynne’s anxiety. She tried to stay calm but how could she, at the last minute they are preparing for her to need emergency help. Imagine doing something stupid and right before you do it the ambulance or even a hearse arriving. Wouldn’t that make your anxiety sky rocket? H2O, something so essential for life as we know it, could be the one thing that takes away Lynne’s life. At thirty-two degrees water freezes, now imagine swimming through that slush. Well that's exactly what Lynne Cox was going to attempt to do. After the first paragraph of her plunge to get started on the swim, the cold water was affecting her negatively. “My body resisted it” How in the world is she going to make it if her body is so against it from the initial plunge? Seems like failure is inevitable, but again I assumed it was all part of the rising action, the initial climbing hill of the roller