1. Done by : Ahmad Soueidan
The Man In The Water
Done by : Ahmad Soueidan

2. The Writer
Roger Rosenblatt began writing professionally in his mid-30s, when he became literary editor and a columnist for The New Republic. Before that, he taught at Harvard, where he earned his Ph.D.. At age 25, he became the director of Harvard's freshman writing department.  At age 29 he was the youngest House Master in Harvard's history.  In 2008 he was appointed Distinguished Professor of English and Writing at Stony Brook University, where he currently teaches. In 2009 he was selected as one of three finalists for the Robert Cherry Award,[1] given to the best university teacher in the country.

3. Setting
On January 13, 1982, the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., over the Potomac River. 

4. Summary
A man ends up with five other passengers of a crashed plane in the Potomac River. He continues to send the lifeline and flotation ring to the other passengers who are then carried up into a helicopter. The man gives up his life to these people when the helicopter carries the last passenger with no room for others. He drowns in the cold waters, leaving a huge emotional impact with the story.

5. Plot
The story revolves around the amazing heroic actions by the man in the water. What he actually accomplished was to save 5 lives by giving his own during the accident. He knew he was not going to survive but still he was unselfish and gave his life. The story praises this man and other heroes that were able to rescue people too. It revolves too in the historic fights between man and nature, the story gets kind of philosophical.

6. Narration and Point of view
This narrative is a non- fiction story that is based on real events. The story is based on real heroic actions of one hero, Arland D. Williams Jr.
The narration of the story is on 3rd person POV.

7. Characters
Donald Usher: part of a team of police officers that operated from a helicopter to rescue the people of flight 90.
Eugene Windsor: part of a team of police officers that operated from a helicopter to rescue the people of flight 90.
Lenny Skutnik: was 28 year old, old employee of the Congressional Budget Office. He jumped into the water to drag an injured woman to shore.
The Man in the water: Is the protagonist of the story, is the man of which we don’t know his name, the man that gave his life for others.

8. Theme
Nature is a force inside this world that has been provoking or killing human beings since the start of history. Humans, by nature, are arrogant and selfish, in search of a real power, the control of everything. But there has always been a constant trying by humans to dominate nature, this turning into a constant failure. This story just reminds us that humans don’t have the real power to overthrow a force as big as nature.

9. Mood and Tone The atmosphere this story creates is tragedy sadness.
It’s a heartbreaking and undesirable feeling that affects not only family and friends from the victims, it affects society in general.
The story uses a tone of respect because of the victims, but the story contains a hero too. In relation with the hero, the tone is more optimistic and still respectful because of the deeds that he accomplished.

10. Vocabulary Chaotic : Extremely confused or disordered.
Emblemized : Represented ; Symbolized.
Flailing : Waving vigorously.
Implacable : Impossible to calm or satisfy ; restless.