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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old scars. Except his “cheerful and undefeated” eyes‚ he looked rather weary. There was “no life in his face” when his eyes were closed. Despite being unable to catch a single fish for eighty-four days‚ he still remained hopeful and decided to go fishing even further from the shore. The old man has a doubt for his physical strength; however‚ he is confident in the “tricks” that he know. He is sure that it’s just a matter of time till he catches a fish again. Perhaps‚ his experience as being a fisherman
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References: Bycatch. (2008‚ July 29). In Wikipedia‚ The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:29‚ August 10‚ 2008‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bycatch&oldid=228538447 FAO Corporate Document Repository. (2000). THE IMPACT OF FISHING ON VULNERABLE GROUPS AND HABITATS. Retrieved August 10‚ 2008‚ from http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5594e/y5594e04.htm#TopOfPage
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Pipefish are sub families of small fishes which together with the seahorses and sea dragons from the Syngnathidea family. There are 200+ recognized species of a pipefish but they are frequently overlooked either because they are incompatible or get overshadow by the seahorse. My topic is the tiger pipe fish. The Tiger Pipefish can be recognized by its color. The species grows to 35 centimeters in length and it lives in Australia. It occurs from southern Queensland to central New South Wales and from
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Louie is extremely confident and has an excellent determination to survive and to keep going on‚ even know it was difficult and hard. One important event about Louie’s life‚ was when Louie went to the Olympics to race. Another enormous thing that happened in his life‚ was when he crashed in the ocean and had to spend many weeks on a small raft‚ with 3 people in it. In the book Unbroken‚ the author states that even know Louie got through the POW camp with the bird beating on him constantly‚ He still
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convinced himself that he did not have the confidence or power to attempt to pull the fish into the boat. That fish would have saved him and would have been the fish big enough to make up his eighty five day streak of not catching a thing while he was fishing. Some people will say that Santiago is a hero simply based on the fact that he had the courage to go back out to sea with no help from Manolin. The old man was very weak and having the willpower to go try to catch a fish again takes a lot and is
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My choice for this topic is a bit different than the other choices I have seen so far; I chose Finding Nemo. The movie finding Nemo is about a father fish‚ Marlin‚ whose son was trying to be brave on a school trip by swimming out further than everyone else and he got captured by fisherman. At The beginning of the story‚ Marlin’s wife‚ Nemo’s mother‚ is killed and Marlin vows to always take care of Nemo. This “promise” leads him to be overbearing and very protective of his son. We then transition
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“The Old Man and the Sea:” A Tale of Betrayed Brotherhood In Ernest Hemingway’s novella “The Old Man and the Sea‚” an old fisherman named Santiago faces the challenge of catching the largest fish of his life‚ an act he hopes will bring immortal greatness to his name. The accomplishment of this goal‚ however‚ hinges on the act of killing a creature Santiago often deems his equal‚ as exemplified by his recurring reference to the fish as a brother. The old man’s longing for greatness negates any moral
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However‚ without the proper materials‚ fishing would be close to impossible. So‚ using rocks for sinkers‚ nets‚ weapons made from sharpened rock tips and wood‚ and spears‚ fish-baskets‚ hooks‚ and fish traps the Chinook fished with much greater ease than with their bare hands. All of these weapons
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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 one of the biggest catchiest of his life. He was doing everything at that point for the fish‚ without Sheila knowing. He was more focused on the fish then he was with Sheila. Sheila was trying to talk to him but his mind
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