point of view

Mr . A was a person best in all the fields , He was a great Leader , a great Economist , a great Intellectual .
He had to go somewhere in ship and on the way the ship was caught in some storm and broke down and he was drowing in the sea . Now it was the time for his problem , he didn't know how to swim .
One of his known was also in the ship , luckilly he had got a life-boat . He offered the boat to Mr .A , but kept a condition that Mr. A had to bow his head before him . Mr . A is thinking .................

Considering some case in particular ...............
A = I (3 years back) = Mr. A Refused to bow his head and he drowned
A = I (few days back) = Mr.A was thinking over it and he was drowned before concluding something
A = I (now) = Mr. A has bowed his head and he is happily living and still he is the best in all his fields.
A = I(trying to be) = Mr. A has bowed his head and he saved his life and now is learning swimming.

are there some more possibilities?