The Memory of Swimming

The first memory of me swimming was when I was eight years old. I was in this huge swimming pool with a lot of crowds. I was kind of scared at  that time. The fact that I never swam in the pool where I couldn't touch the ground with my head above the water made me scared however, the thing that made me more scared was the crowd. Obviously, except my family ever one else was stranger to me. They were loud, ran around the pool and played in the pool like a mad bull. Because I was so young back than everything around me just freaked me out. I wanted to leave that place. I begged my mom to leave. However rather bringing me back to my house my mom brought me into the water which I was also afraid of. I thought she was evil or something. I thought she was making the situation even worst. Then she told me to go into the water telling me that it will be peaceful in there. She said "You will hear nothing and barely see anything." Even though I was scared going into the water I was more frustrated with the crowds around me, I decided to go into the water. I hold my breath and with some hesitation I went into the water. Shockingly at that time I couldn't hear anything and only thing I could see was empty place of water with just some legs around me. It was so peaceful and it made me feel that I have come to different place. I loved the feeling of isolation from the crazy outside world. From that point I swam for more than one hour enjoying that feeling of calm and peace.

What the ending of 'A Clean, Well-lighted Place' tells us

 At first the story "A Clean, Well-lighted Place" seems like its main focus is the conversation of old waiter and young waiter about the old man who tried to kill himself. However as we approaches the conclusion of this story, we can realize that the main character of this story is actually the old waiter who is going through similar situation as the old man but the reaction toward his situation was different. Both old man and old waiter is in situation where there both feel loneliness because there old and there is no one around them. The old man chooses to kill himself to run away from this situation. However the old waiter decides to be in 'well lighted place' where people's always around which is the restaurant for him. However as the night comes and people leaves the restaurant he got epiphany that how hard you try to run away from the loneliness, it will always follow you. The 'well lighted place' was just a little illusion that made him think that he is not lonely. The truth is he was always lonely.