certain way or make a decision based on what they think. In The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant‚ a young boy and girl‚ named Sheila‚ are impacted with impressing the opposite gender. The author‚ W. D. Wetherell‚ touches on peer pressure and the influence of gender and how they cause the boy to make a bad decision. People always make decisions or act a certain way caused by the influence of the opposite gender. He feels he needs to impress Sheila‚ which causes him to make a poor decision that he regrets
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I am reading “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell. The story is about a young teenage boy who loves to fish at his summer house. And seems to have a bit of a crush on a girl much older than himself. A redhead with the body figure of a model‚ a girl named Sheila. in this journal I will be questioning and answering on how this short romantic story ends. G what will he choose? 1Y bass 2-3R big fish 2-3R likes fishing 2-3R automatic 1Y sheila 2-3R likes her 2-3R follows/watches
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something wrong. “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” is a short and fictional story by W.D Wetherell in which the narrator chose Sheila Mant‚ a girl he was crazy about‚ over what he loves more which is fishing for bass. Later on he regrets the decision he has made. In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant”‚ the narrator was not being truthful to himself because of the fact that he cut the line to the bass he has been trying to catch for a while‚ just to keep Sheila Mant. After this decision was
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Carlie Hansen Due Date: Friday 25th Journal 1 I am reading “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” by W. D. Wetherell. This story is about a fourteen-year-old boy crushing over a seventeen-year-old girl‚ he has to choose over her or a bass. In this journal I will be questioning who he picks. The main question I have for this story is‚ will the narrator pick Sheila or the bass? One option he has is to pick the bass. He has always had a big passion for fishing. The fish he had hooked was
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The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant is a short story about lost love‚ realization‚ moving on‚ but most of all‚ letting go of what you love. The readers follow along as our fourteen-year-old narrator falls for 17 year-old Sheila Mant during a Vermont summer. The author reveals the theme throughout the use of characterization‚ plot‚ irony‚ imagery‚ and many more. Throughout the story‚ the narrator is trying to woo Sheila and takes her on a boat ride up to a concert. But‚ just as things were going
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In “The Bass‚ the River and Sheila Mant” the narrator’s name is not revealed‚ and said to be he is fourteen years old. During the summer he develops a crush on Sheila Mant who have rented a large cottage next to theirs. Sheila is seventeen and the middle daughter. The narrator is enchanted by Sheila and her family and wishes to be invited to their parties which the narrators mother finds loud. He often gazes at her when she is sunbathing and knows her body language very well. He swims laps almost
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The theme of “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” is that it’s hard to truly love to different things with all your heart equally. You see this even in the first statement to a point‚ “There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant.” Also we see this when Sheila says “I think fishing is dumb…” when the main character clearly loves fishing more than anything except maybe Sheila herself. Right after that he decides that ‚for at least
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story “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” the boy must decide between the bass and Sheila. The boy will pick the bass for several reasons. The first reason he will chose the bass is he has a long history with bass. This quote proves this‚ “The bass was slanting towards the rocks on the New Hampshire side by the ruins of Donaldson’s boat house. It had to be an old bass-a young one probably wouldn’t have known the rocks were there. I brought the canoe back into the middle of the river‚ hoping to
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passion is what kept him going during the toughest time in his life. In “ The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” the author‚ W.D Wetherell‚ states “ When I wasn’t swimming laps to impress Sheila‚ I was back in our driveway practicing casts‚ and when I wasn’t practicing casts‚ I was trying to line the Tosca‚ our springer spaniel‚ to test the reel’s drag‚ and when I wasn’t doing any of those things‚ I was fishing the river for bass” (Wetherell 43). The main character has found his passion‚ fishing. He spends
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In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” the boy must choose between his long time crush Sheila Mant‚ who despises fishing‚ and the fish. He just got this girl on a date after lusting after her for the longest time‚ but now he has caught a fish; it could be the biggest fish he has ever caught. The boy could choose the girl because he loves her. The boy watches her through the bushes and now knows all of her moods. He tries to catch her attention. He shows off for her‚ doing his best dives and strokes
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