Essays on Diving

Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French journalist and former editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine in Paris, authored The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This memoir is written from Bauby’s perspective and chronicles his experience with locked-in syndrome – an unusual condition that renders the body paralyzed while the brain remains responsive. Despite only having control over his head…

In tells the stories of his adventures as a homeless man diving into dumpsters and scavenging for what he defines as a necessity. Eighner started diving a year before he became homeless. During this year, the cost of rent devoured all his money and he was left to depend on others’ “junk” that he found…

Both bungee jumping and skydiving are exhilarating and enjoyable activities that induce an adrenaline rush. They both involve leaping from a high point and relishing the thrill of descending rapidly towards the ground. However, there exist clear disparities between bungee jumping and skydiving. Bungee jumping employs an elastic cord connected to the jumper by means…

Scuba diving is a sport that allows you to immerse yourself in the mesmerizing world beneath the water’s surface and momentarily defy gravity. Whether you choose to explore the enchanting kelp forests or glide alongside graceful noble sharks, scuba diving offers an opportunity to discover Spanish ducats or simply appreciate the captivating allure of the…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fish and explore the underwater jungle that covers two-thirds of the earth’s surface? I have always been interested in water activities; swimming, diving and skiing, and I felt that scuba was for me. My first dive took place while on a family…

In the short tory “Diving into Waters of the Moon” written by Ken neth Radu, Daniel’s parents are hypocritical and self-involved people who love themselves only; they ignore their family members emotions although their family members need warmth and support from them. Daniel’s parents, Calvin and Jewel, are hypocritical people. Daniel’s parents pretend to make…

Many people who have never been scuba diving think it is just a swim in the water, in reality it is a very exciting, dangerous, and potentially fatal activity. There are many types of scuba diving, ranging from recreational to sport to career diving. Scuba Diving is just not a swim in the water, scuba…

“Between us are the rat-race millions who have confounded their selves with the objects they grasp.. ” (Page 119). A quote from Lars Eighner’s nonfiction informative essay of “On Dumpster Diving”. Here Eighner is simply stating how society now mainly relies on materialistic objects, and how they’ve confused themselves by these materialistic objects. Eighner shows…

You don’t have to be in poverty to take advantage of the many things found in dumpsters, as long as you take the right pre-cautions. But what is dumpster diving? It is simply rummaging or going through dumpsters to find things of use such as food, clothing, or any other items that could be of…

When a diver dives deep for a period of time, breathing regular compressed air, a certain amount on nitrogen will be dissolved in the blood. If the diver comes back up to the reduced pressure of the surface too quickly, small bubbles of nitrogen will form in the blood stream. This is called “the bends”…