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Never Ever Give Up By Dian Nyad Analysis

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Never, Ever Give Up There are three reasons I believe that the theme of Diana Nyad’s presentation “Never, Ever Give Up’’ is “Never Giving Up.’’ First, her swim to Florida was long and treacherous full of dangers from sharks to jellyfish and hypothermia. The journey was a hard one with dangerous currents and predators lurking below. She also had to swim in the pitch black dark since any light will attract sharks, jellyfish, and baitfish which attracts sharks. Second, she had tried numerous times before which all failed. She had tried to swim to length when she was in her 20s it wasn’t successful. Yet this failure didn’t stop her and she finally completed the task at age 64. Third, everyone who she consulted with said that it was impossible,

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