The nervous tension before something important always makes people want to snap. Anything that moves or speaks seems frightening, and you must tap your feet or whistle in response. In these situations, everyone feels the slightest push can send them over the edge. The author of the book" Head Above Water" recreates a vivid feeling through the use of descriptive words. It's the chosen perspective. It's about a girl named Skye, who is swimming to qualify for the state. The word choice gives readers a detailed vision in their minds, allowing them to feel what Skye feels and hear what she hears. With all the nervous energy and the tenacity challenge in her competition at the state finals, it's a challenging ride.
Skye experiences a range of emotions, from emerging from the locker room to surpassing the qualifying time. Before the race, Skye was very tense and tried to calm herself down. She is extremely nervous because if she won this race, it would mean a pass to the state finals or a trip home. The stakes are very high, and the story reveals the author's attempts to comfort herself in various ways. Skye was taking deep breaths, letting herself calm down, and taking time to leave the locker rooms. Another sign of nervousness was that Skye ran the race over in her mind, thinking of what to do to gain an advantage. This showed that she needed every trick in the book to win and was trying to calm down by shifting her thoughts from her own nervousness. Then, Skye's mood takes a giant swing. Right before her time to shine, Skye seems able to pull herself together into a different person. She focused on the upcoming race, blocking out all the unnecessary noise. In the text, the author writes, "I was finely tuned-seeing, hearing, feeling everything; yet seeing, hearing, feeling nothing but the upcoming race." Skye's mood changed dramatically from a nervous girl to a mentally prepared swimmer at that time, and her mind was focused on one and only one task. Her feelings took another turn during the race. Skye was swimming a two-hundred freestyle, and in the middle lane, she wasn't afraid that she couldn't keep up with a fast pace. The author writes "simple, uncomplicated pain" as a sentence, Skye sifying and emphasizing Skye's pain. At this point, her feelings changed again. She was determined to win the race, and with every ounce of strength in her, she pushed herself to the limit, straining to keep pace. Skye became relentless, telling herself not to slow until the end, and when she touched the wall, her emotions softened, turning into joy. As the author put it, sgotd gotte" a passing time and jumped "nearly "hree feet out of the water." Her pain had receded in a flash, replaced by the sweetness of a wSkye'srned victory.
Experience isn't ce in Head Above Water, which isn't something that only happens to her because everyone has a time when the butterflies somehow sneak down your throat and into your stomach. Yet what set Skye apart from most of the other kids out there in the world is how she was able to overcome that nervous tension and become a great swimmer and a happy, joyful champion with words that would be straight from the book, "The World in the Palm of My Hand."
