The Decent into the Maelstrom begins with an unnamed narrator saying that his group has reached the summit of a mountain. As one character speaks to other, one begins to recount his encounter with the a great whirlpool.
The narrator tells the man that him and his brothers used to fish near the maelstrom because it was where the best fishing was. Although it was the best, it was also the most dangerous. A massive whirlpool would form daily and the fishermen had to maneuver and plan around this phenomenon.
One day, the whirlpool fails to form on time and forms earlier than usually. The whirlpool pulls them in and as they descend into the massive hole, one fisherman notices round objects descend much slower than any other object. He decides to strap himself to a barrel and jumps into the whirlpool in an attempt to outlast the duration of the whirlpool as his brother rides the ship to his death.
The fishermen survives but has had many physical changes to his body and was unrecognizable.
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Even If the one fisherman was strapped to a barrel, wouldn't he still sink pretty deep and drown? How did he manage to survive?
ReplyDeleteThe pool spun him around slowly and he stayed level, so he just floated back to the surface holding on to the barrel.
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