PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP PLEASE I REALLY NEED THE ANSWER VERY URGENT PLEASE IM BEGGING Read the Poem "High Dive" and then answer the prompt that follows.

High Dive

My stomach is communing with my toes
My legs - boiled noodles having no will to support
I force one foot up
then the other.
I hold fiercely to the hand rails
as I climb slowly.
The voices of my fear screech their warnings,
"Don't go! Don't go!"

Pushing my fear behind me, I step onto the board.
It quivers alive - mirroring my quaking legs.
I struggle cautiously to the end;
Cementing my feet, I lean precariously forward
and peer into the depths below.
The twinkling eyes of the ripples catch my frightened stare;
The crystalline nymphs implore me,
"Just fall forward! Stretch out your fingers. We will catch you!"
I almost believe leaning ever nearer
Then - fear grabs me.
"Don't do it! It's too far!"
The voices do battle;
I'm caught in between!

Suddenly a new voice enters the fray.
"If you're gonna jump, jump! You're holding up the line!"
I turn, aware that several bodies block my escape.
I look to the right and see my friends beckoning far beneath me.

I lock my fear away,
Place my arms over my head
and fall forward.

My fingers slice the surface
I plunge into the quiet depths
Hearing the whispers around me
"You did it! You did it!"

I emerge - smiling -
The nymphs victorious
Fear slinks away.

I leave the pool and walk back with gained confidence to where my journey began.

Prompt: The Poem "High Dive" reveals the transformation that the speaker from the beginning of the poem to the end. The change over the course of the poem reveals a greater theme in the poem.

Write a detailed paragraph where you describe the speaker's transformation and how it contributes to the theme. Be sure to include at least two excerpts from the text to support your response.

(INCLUDES AN ABSENT BUT IMPLIED CURSE, MEANT FOR POETIC PURPOSES)

Fear. Impulse. Instinct. These are the things that keep us safe, or so we thought. In the poem "High Dive", we see a person struggling to face their fear. THey are afraid, and can almost hear the voices in their head communing, (Paragraph 1) "The voices of my fear screech their warnings", "The voices do battle; I'm caught in between!" The subject wants to turn back, but also knows that it is safe (Pararaph 3) "The crystalline nymphs implore me, 'just fall forward! Stretch out your fingers. We will catch you!'", Implying that the crystaline nymphs are the glistening water, as the "several bodies" and "friends" act as the carrot and the stick. (curse meant to be included for poetic purposes) They need to stop being an *donkey*, and take a leap of faith. The poem goes deep into a scene where you truly feel conflicted, confused about what and where this is. You feel that sense of lightheadedness as they jump back to reality, with people tellig them to just go. This creates a scene change, futher deepening the meaning of the words, while simultaniously shallowing.

The feeling of the subject makes you feel what they are feeling. Have you ever felt so conflicted you felt like you disappeared?

Explanation:

Sorry it is a little late, but if anyone else gets this question they can answer it. The curse is meant to refer to the donkey and the stick metaphor (should you know what another word for donkey is), please do not report my answer, it is meant poetically and has a warning. Using the word shallowing refers to shallow water, and is basically just a diving reference.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

personal narrative

first person fiction

etc.