In the darkest time where he lost his will to live he still found joy in pottery and cross country. His 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
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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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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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fourteen year old boy is faced with a difficult choice. The narrator can not decide weather to go for the girl or follow what he is most passionate about‚ fishing. After realizing the truth about Sheila‚ he realizes his passion is more important to him. In the story‚ “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” W. D. Wetherell uses the romantic canoe trip to show how the setting help creates the conflict in the story‚ he also uses the conflict to show how it creates theme. Also the author stated ‚ “ I
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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
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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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finally came for him to ask her out and the whole family was outside playing softball. The boy asked Sheila Mant out and she said yes the next day he was outside cleaning the canoe. When the boy and Sheila Mant were on the canoe‚ she said that she didn’t like fishing and that she thought it was lame and boring.
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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. The reason
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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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manner. The concept of truth has a great importance in the play as it helps cleanses a traumatic experience Bridie and Sheila both share. Within Scene eight‚ Sheila reveals why she suddenly left Bridie accompanied by Misto’s incorporation of sound‚ the cricket sounds which follow gradually gets louder building up to Sheila’s reveal‚ this emphasises the tension between the two. For Sheila to hold onto the Shoe-Horn was symbolic despite the traumatic experiences it reminded her of‚ it symbolises the friendship
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