Anna Donnelly Mrs. Ybarra English III DC – 7th 10/17/13 Beyond the Orchard Step by step‚ crunch by crunch‚ my bare feet tread over the dried‚ brown pine needles under me. I look to my left and see green‚ as far as I can see. Green everywhere‚ carpeting the ground‚ coating the trees‚ and screening the trail from the persimmon colored sky overhead. I look to my right and see a decaying wooden fence separating the trail from a grove of trees with little green fruits hanging off of the branches
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“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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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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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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behave in a manner that is acceptable to the public. Expectations can be seen as something that is suppose to happen. As well as societal expectations‚ which are unclear‚ and unwritten standards‚ followed by people in a specific environment. They differ for every individual depending on their environment‚ and culture. One would assume the individual would conform to their societal expectations‚ but that’s not the case. Instead the individual performance reflects the way they are treated by those around
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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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Great Expectations Human nature is the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind. Human nature separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. The underlining theme of human nature is evident in Great Expectation by Charles Dickens use of his characters. A main characteristic that Dickens displays is friendship. The friendship between Pip and Herbert is strong. Herbert was significant to Pip’s growth in social class and eventual to his revelation. “Friendship was one
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My expectations from the team this year are to be good teammates for one another and everyone on the team. This looks like welcoming‚ encouraging‚ and helping each other during workouts‚ practice‚ and games. It doesn’t mean that everyone has to be best friends‚ but just that the players treat each other as our motto: “It’s a team thing”. My expectations from the coaching staff this year are to watch and correct individual mistakes and not to let bad habits go unnoticed. I like how the coaches will
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Transformational leadership Who is a leader? Leader is a person who has the capacity to influence other people to accomplish a certain task and directs people in an organisation or a group to achieve its objective in a different way that makes it well-integrated. Leader always establish a clear and long term goal‚ share the information or ideas with others. According to Jago‚ Good leaders are made not born. Any people who have the desire and willpower can be an effective leader. Good leaders develop
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having the feeling of having done 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
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