Punctuate the following paragraph. my mother is a beautiful lady used to say don't go near the water until you can swim. on sunny day i decided to paddle in the clear icy blue ocean and was surprised to feel draingly bravely uncharacteristically disobedient. i removed my shirt trousers socks and my singlet and ran into the water. Through my mind ran the thought you're mad Hugh for even thinking of this. The tide which was particularly strong pulled me over rapidly disastrously. Perhaps if I had my mother advice I would not have been in such a perilous difficult situation.

Explanation:

My mother ,a beautiful lady used to say ,"don't go near the water until you can swim".On sunny day I decided to paddle in the clear icy ;blue ocean and was surprised to feel draingly;bravely ;uncharacteristically; disobedient. I removed my shirt, trousers ,socks and my singlet and ran into the water. Through my mind ran the thought ,"you're mad" . Hugh for even thinking of this. The tide which was particularly strong ,pulled me over rapidly ,disastrously. Perhaps if I had my mother advice I would not have been in such a perilous, difficult situation.

My mother, who is a beautiful lady, used to say,"Don't go near the water until you can swim." One sunny day, I decided to paddle in the clear icy blue ocean and was surprised to feel uncharacteristically disobedient. I removed my shirt, trousers, socks, and my singlet, and ran into the water. Through my mind ran the thought, "You're mad, Hugh, for even thinking of this." The tide, which was particularly strong pulled me over, disastrously. Perhaps, if I had heeded my mother advice, I would not have been in such a perilous, difficult situation.

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.