“The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant. I was fourteen. The Mants had rented the cottage next to ours on the river; with their parties‚ their frantic games of softball‚ their constant comings and goings‚ they appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. “Too noisy by half‚” my mother quickly decided‚ but I would have given anything to be
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One such incident has occurred in the life of the narrator of “ The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant.” In the story “The Bass‚ The River and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell‚ The narrator describes how much he loves fishing and his neverending passion for it. Just as well he explains his feelings for the neighborhood darling “Sheila Mant”. He decides to ask her out and has to give up his passion on proving he is not dumb. Doing this‚ he later regrets
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Kawika Prietto English 102 Professor Cooley November 3‚ 2009 Analysis of “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant‚” by W. D. Wetherell‚ is an initiation story in which the symbols of fishing and Sheila Mant illustrate how the character of the narrator transforms from youth and innocence to sophistication and maturity. At age fourteen‚ it is typical for a boy such as the narrator to be beginning this transformation. Being innocent and naïve in a sense‚ the
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you find yourself faced with a challenge or a hampering situation. However‚ a decision has to be made and each obstacle must be overcome. In the short story The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell‚ the obstacle was the main characters’ situation in being able to talk to his crush‚ Sheila Mant. He is initially drawn to Sheila because of the large parties her family threw at the lake cottage next to his‚ during this fateful summer‚ and his curious nature. His curiosity grew stronger with
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BCC 158 October 16‚ 2013 In the story The Bass‚ The river‚ and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell the narrator‚ an awkward fourteen year old boy whose love for both fishing and the girl next door will both be tested. On land he is a typical teen with a crush on a beauty out of his league‚ when it comes to being in the water the boy has more confidence than the average male model. Although he is comfortable in the water‚ it is in the canoe where he makes his biggest mistake. In the start of the
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The choosie the boy has to make The story the bass the river and Sheila Mant by W.D. Wetherell it is about the boy making a choosie about catching the bass of his life and the big bass he has ever seen. And the other choosie he making is that he is keeping the girl of his dreams. This is about the boy who wants the girl sheila mant to be happy and she doesn’t like fishing. So he has and big bass on the line so he have to make a choosie the catch the fish of to not catch it and make the girl happy
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In the stories that we read‚ many characters had to make hard choices. In the story “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant”‚ the narrator had to make a choice between getting a girl and getting a once in a lifetime catch. In the story “Boys and Girls”‚ the girl had to choose between accepting the society’s view of a girl or her own definition of a girl. Making a choice that would change her future forever‚ the girl‚ once completely against anything feminine‚ made the harder choice by accepting society’s
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Acting On Impulse The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell‚ and Lamb to the Slaughter by Ronald Dahl display a theme of acting on impulse. This relates to our lives in many ways‚ In our everyday lives many things trigger us to act on impulse; when our parents chose to fight with us‚ we tend to ‘snap’ back‚ not thinking about how our actions could affect us in the long run. These stories share the theme of ‘acting on impulse’‚ even though they have different characters‚ settings
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Journal 1 I am reading “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell. This is a story about a 14 year old boy who has a crush on a girl named Sheila. He asks her out and there going on a date in a boat and he figures out she doesn’t like fishing and he loves it so does he pick the bass or the girl. In this journal I will be questioning if he picks the girl or the bass. As I am reading the story‚ I wonder if the narrator will pick the bass or Sheila. I think the boy will pick the fish
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in the cold equation his major choice that will affect the main character for the rest of his days was life and death a similar choice was made in the pit and the pengilum‚ Gold rush was need over greed the list can go on. I picked the bass the river and Sheila Mant witch taught the audience about choosing childhood over manhood. It shows a boy in his mid teen years conflicted with fishing and his crush and must choose. The author must have written this story off of personal experience. He shows in
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