In the short story Rogue Wave, written by Theo Taylor, a fourteen year old girl named Melissa “Scoot” Atkins ventured out on the Old Sea Dog for her very first offshore sailing trip. Her brother Sullivan “Sully” Atkins had borrowed a sailboat from Beau Tucker, and the two young sailors were enjoying a sunny, peaceful day in the ocean. Suddenly, a violent rogue wave overturned their sailboat like a cork, Poor Scoot was all alone in the galley at the time, and she was knocked out by the hitting the ceiling. Sully tried to wake her by tapping on the hull, yet he was unsuccessful. After tapping for 30 minutes, Scoot awoke in the dark. She kicked some ports and pans in the cold water and realized that the sailboat was upside down. At the moment she was scared, shocks, desperate, and uncertain whether Sully was alive or not. She said to herself, “Maybe I am alone and will die here in the foul water”(9). However she quickly changes her mind from desperation to optimism. She boldly stated to herself, “Scoot, you’ve got to get out of here!There has to be some way to get out”(9). Indeed, Scoot had to mentally fight before she could physically find a way out of the trapped area.