Review: Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn Breathing UnderwaterBreathing Underwater by Alex Flinn is written as a series of journal entries. The journal is written by Nick as an assignment from the judge who also sends him to anger management after the girlfriend he beat up finally presses charges. The book was published in 2001‚ before the recent increase in dating violence novels‚ and it tells a story often overlooked‚ that of the abuser instead of the abused. It ’s a delicate subject. And
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Breathing Underwater Notes LIFE OF THE AUTHOR Alex Flinn grew up in Syosset‚ New York‚ a small town on Long Island‚ New York and lived in Miami‚ Florida. When she was five years old‚ her mother suggested that she should be an author. "I guess I must have nodded or something because‚ from that point on‚ every poem I ever wrote in school was submitted to Highlights or Cricket magazine. I was collecting rejection slips at age seven!" High school was spent in Miami ’s various "gifted and talented"
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What The Difference Could Be In the novel “Breathing Underwater” by Alex Flinn‚ child abuse is brought up several times. Child abuse affects thousands of children in the world today. Nick got his abusiveness from his father; his father got it from his father. Over the years Nick has developed a severe temper that without getting help may lead to Nick staying on this trend of abuse. If Nick didn’t get the support he was in need of‚ would he become one of the 55‚152 other child abusers
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Everyone has control over his own actions. In Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn‚ the main character‚ Nick‚ made several terrible mistakes that profoundly changed his life. He treated his girlfriend poorly‚ and eventually hit her. Nick is responsible for his own actions and should most definitely be held accountable for what he did‚ even though others in his life may have been bad influences‚ because in the end it was he who decided to hit Caitlin. The first reason Nick should be the only one blamed
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In the novel‚ Breathing Underwater‚ sixteen year old‚ Nick Andreas goes though many conflicts throughout the novel. As he deals with his abusive father‚ the abuse he puts his girlfriend Caitlin McCourt through‚ also the loss of contact with his best friend‚ Tom Carter. Nick fears abandonment and losing Caitlin‚ along with his abusive father that creates emotional distress. Nick often tends to use Mario’s breathing exercises to remain calm during a tense situation. Nick realizes that the anger and
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Title: Breathing Underwater Author: Alex Flinn Pages: 236 Summary: Breathing Underwater is about an teenage boy at the age of 16 who is in love with his girlfriend‚ but does not really know how to treat her right. He claimed to have loved his girlfriend a lot and often did not listen to what he has to say about things and disagrees with her which causes him to get angry. One day he had gotten very angry and had slapped her‚ not knowing what had got into him he apologized for his behaviour and
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READING GROUP GUIDE FOR BREATHING UNDERWATER BY ALEX FLINN 1. The beginning of the book‚ Nick thinks of his abuse of Caitlin: It was a slap . . . One slap‚ when she pushed me way too far. I never beat her up‚ would never hurt her. Does Nick believe this? Why does he not admit the truth to himself? 2. What do you think Judge Lehman hopes to accomplish by making Nick keep a journal‚ detailing his relationship with Caitlin? How does keeping the journal differ from discussing the same incidents in Mario’s
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UNDERWATER WELDING INTRODUCTION The fact that electric arc could operate was known for over a 100 years. The first ever underwater welding was carried out by British Admiralty – Dockyard for sealing leaking ship rivets below the water line. Underwater welding is an important tool for underwater fabrication works. In 1946‚ special waterproof electrodes were developed in Holland by ‘Van der Willingen’. In recent years the number of offshore structures including oil drilling rigs‚ pipelines‚ platforms
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Underwater Volcanoes Submarine volcanoes or underwater volcanoes‚ come in all shapes and sizes and‚ are found across the world from Hawaii and California to Iceland‚ Japan‚ New Zealand and Antarctica. Worldwide‚ there are an estimated 5‚000 active submerged volcanoes‚ with the highest volcanoes in shallow water rising above sea level. Most submerged volcanoes‚ however‚ are located on ocean ridges. Volcanoes are dangerous‚ but when compared to land volcanoes‚ submarine volcanoes pose less
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