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 his development
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In the book An Inspector Calls the character Sheila has more of an impact and changes her views on things. The writer‚ Priestley‚ uses Sheila as someone who helps the audience follow the play by what she says. Act One In Act One‚ Sheila and her family are celebrating her engagement to Gerald Croft. Although Sheila is excited and full of joy‚ she can’t help but wonder why Gerald spent all of last summer avoiding her and blaming it on work‚ as it says on page 3‚ “(half serious‚ half playfully)
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Give advice to the actor playing Mr Birling on how he should present the character to an audience? In this essay I am going to discuss Mr. Birling character in depth and advise the actor who plays him on how he should be presented. Mr Birling is a ‘heavy looking‚ rather portentous man in his middle fifties’ who is head of the family. Since he is next socially superior wife after his wife the actor should have a sense of power and authority in the room and be sat at the head of the table to emphasize
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Priestley presents the characters of the Inspector and Mr Birling as complete opposites‚ with totally different views and attitudes towards society. The Inspector is a socialist who believes “we are members of one body.” Conversely‚ Mr Birling has very capitalist views and thinks “a man has to mind his own business and look after himself.” Mr Birling is extremely arrogant. He makes very long speeches at dinner‚ discussing matters that the audience would know were incorrect. Priestley uses dramatic
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Arthur Birling and InspectorGoole’s philosophies on life and society contrast throughout the play. For most of the play Sheila‚ Eric and Mrs Birling are fully behind Mr Birling and his philosophies‚ but towards the end of the play‚ Eric and Sheila effectively switch sides and begin to back InspectorGoole’s philosophies on life and society. Mr Birling is a strong believer in stratas and classes in society; he believes he is in the upper class. In act 1‚ Mr Birling says "I’m still on the bench. It
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There are two types of volcanoes‚ strato-volcanoes and shield volcanoes. Both are characterized differently‚ for example‚ strato volcanoes have sleep slopes‚ shaped like a tall narrow cone‚ but shield volcanoes have gentle slopes‚ shaped like a low‚ wide cone. The eruptions can be devastating‚ an example would be mount vesuvius‚which erupted in AD 79‚ killing over 10‚000 to 25‚000. Strato volcanoes are the larger and more impressive volcanoes with a snow capped peak which can easily exceed
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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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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 it. He
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family undergo a police investigation into a suicide which they later discover has not happened yet. An Inspector Calls focuses around the Birling family‚ this consists of: Arthur Burling; head of the family‚ Sybil Birling; Arthur’s wife‚ Sheila and Eric Burling; Arthur and Sybil’s two spoilt children‚ and Gerald Croft; rich and successful‚ and engaged to Sheila Birling.The Play begins with the family celebrating not only Shelia and Gerald’s engagement‚ but Mr Birling’s drive to revolutionize his business
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former play he uses the character of Mr Arthur Birling‚ a self important business man‚ to mock typical capitalist business men. In this play Mr Arthur Birling is given the characteristics of a typical capitalist business man being confident and self assured. His (Mr Arthur Birling’s) attitude changes when an Inspector Goole (who voices J.B. Priestley’s views)‚ appears and challenges his views on society and community responsibility. In Act 1‚ Mr Arthur Birling makes a speech regarding his views on
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