Personal Narrative: Memoir
Ryan Smith
10/12/15
Memoir
Since one of my biggest fears is of sharks you could only imagine descending into an ice cold tank with a dozen of them. I only had a wet suit and a oxygen tank only to come face to face with several of those things. There were only 2 guides, and 1 other person trying to get over their fear of sharks, like me. Adrenaline rushed through my body every time any one of those stealthy, fierce and scary sharks went near me. I didn’t know who was more scared, me in the tank surrounded by sharks or my mom watching me from the exterior of the tank. There was not only sharks in the tank but some other ocean critters.
I was ashamed of my fear of sharks and my mom knew that too. I was afraid of sharks because when I was little
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