The mid 1960’s to 1970’s were filled with events and movements that would alter the course of history. Civil-rights, anti war, and feminist activists like Adrienne Rich paved the way for an enriched and lucid way of thinking that eventually allowed for the social equality we see today. In the poem “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich, the speaker leads the audience on an adventure to find truth in spite of the expense of search itself. I experienced a similar truth seeking experience in the past year. While the truth we sought after was very different, I can relate to the fear and trepidation the speaker describes as she dives in.    The speaker of the poem is a diver whose goal is to find a wreck deep in the ocean. As we delve deeper, it becomes clear that the speaker is using the ocean and the wreck itself to symbolize truths hidden deep from the audience’s reality. Last September, I came upon a wreck of my own when my mother passed away. It was abrupt and laid devastation in its wake. Though I knew nothing could be done at this point, I couldn’t help but feeling the incessant need in the back of my head to know how this had happened. What had brought her to this point? What unavoidable obstacles had been the key to her self-destruction. I spoke to my family about this void I couldn’t shake but the only advice they offered was to forget it; There was no point in seeking out what I needed to know at this point when it couldn’t change anything. The speaker identifies the air around her as “human air”, implying it is familiar; It is what is known.  The preparation for the dive allows for a sense of apprehension as the diver dresses in her body armor and secures her knife.  It is clear the diver feels uneasy or uncomfortable breaching the divide between what is known (air) and what is the truth (ocean). Extreme panic over comes the speaker during the descent, “First the air is blue and then/ it is bluer an