Rick Bass: A Short Story Of Rick Bass

A tragedy in its own right must evoke emotion and a response from the audience through effective use of several elements evident in Shakespeare’s and Aristotle’s style of tragic writing. The plot progression of a tragedy should be rather specific under the idea which leads, ultimately, to the downfall of the protagonist. Despite the sorrowful story behind Richard Van Camp’s short story “Mermaids,” the exclusion of several core elements from both styles of writing prevent this piece from being classified a tragedy. “Mermaids” lacked the development of a tragic flaw in the main character, Torchy, and furthermore did not lead the character to their tragic demise, Van Camp also excluded the idea of isolating him over time and rather brought him closer to those around him to get over his inner conflict, which is unlike a tragedy.

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell is about a 14 year old boy(the narrator) that is trying to get this girl, named Sheila Mant, to like him. After observing and trying to make an impression Sheila Mant, he gets her to go with him to Dixford where a band is playing, but there is a problem, Sheila Mant thinks fishing is dumb and the boy thinks he has just caught the “biggest bass he has ever hooked” (McDougal 30). He needs to make a decision, the girl or his passion, the largemouth bass. The author of The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant was W. D. Wetherell who “was raised in Garden City, New Jersey, but has made his home for a number of years. Wetherell is the author of eight books and several short stories. His avocation is fly-fishing.” (W.D. Wetherell) Some things that help the reader empathize with the narrator in The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant would be the narrator observing Sheila Mant, him trying to make an impression Sheila, and him choosing between the girl and his passion, the largemouth bass.

Branch Rickey was a small town boy from Stockdale, Ohio who had an extremely religious background. While attending Ohio Wesleyan he was able to pursue a career in baseball in the Texas League. After the minor leagues, Branch Rickey was picked up by the Cincinnati Reds and they did not approve of his religious beliefs and skipping baseball on Sundays. Instead, he went to play for the New York Yankees which ended up being his last time in the Major Leagues. Rickey decided to attend Michigan Law school in 1911 and was able to graduate. He could not stay away from baseball long though, because he accepted a job with the St. Louis Browns as the President, field manager, and General Manager for many years. Branch needed to help

Wetherell, the narrator is overconfident by showing off to Sheila Mant, a girl three years older than him, and trys to multi task by doing three different things at once. The narrator is 14, and he enjoys fishing alot. One example of how the narrator is overconfident is by showing off to Sheila by telling her what he knows about fish, when Sheila hates everything about fishing. According to the story, “‘Yeah, bass. They come into the shallows at night to chase frogs and moths and things. Big largemouths. Micropterus salmoides,’ I added, showing off” (Wetherell 2). According to the quote, the narrator shows off by talking about bass after Sheila is suspicious of the noise coming from the water, and adding on the latin name for bass. He is trying hard to impress Sheila Mant because she is beautiful, but she is much older than him, as she talks about college. The narrator is someone who Sheila would never date, yet he’s overconfident that if he takes her to the concert they were traveling in a canoe to, he might get a chance. Another way the narrator from “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” shows overconfidence is that he tries to keep a largemouth bass on a fishing pole in secret from Sheila, while paddling upstream to the concert they were going to, all while trying to show off in front of Sheila. The story states, “I had managed to keep the bass in the middle of the river away from the rocks, but it had plenty of room there, and for the first time a chance to exert its full strength. I quickly computed the weight necessary to draw a fully loaded canoe backward- the thought of it made me feel faint” (Wetherell 3). The quote proves that he was trying to paddle upstream while trying to keep the bass on the fishing line, while hiding the fact that there was a bass dragging the boat downstream from Sheila, for she hates fishing. He tries to keep his cool during this balancing act to make it look like

The short story by W. D. Wetherell The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant was entirely and completely unrealistic. First of all, the only two characters in the story are unrealistic. This kid sounds like he’s done nothing but fish and swim in a muddy disgusting river his whole life. And speaking of his life, it seems to revolve around fishing and some girl he’s never spoken to. Creepy? Yeah. Realistic? Ehhh.. maybe. Let’s face it, most boys his age, especially ones in small Southern towns as it appears he is from, tend to have very few hobbies, two of which being idolizing girls too old for them, and something involving hurting or killing animals (fishing, hunting, etc). So that is realistic. However, the problem arises in his intense passion for those

Wetherell’s short story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” his first step toward self-awareness goes in a different direction than Gene’s. He is first confronted by an inner conflict that is spawned when he is given an ultimatum of choosing between his beloved hobby, fishing, and his crush, Sheila Mant. He describes the dilemma as feeling that he “would be torn apart between longings, split in half” (Wetherell 25), and even after he cuts the line and chooses Sheila over the bass he feels “a sick, nauseous feeling in [his] stomach” (25) because of it. Though he ultimately decides to pursue Sheila in the moment, it is clear that the bass makes a much more profound impact on him, since he clearly states that “Before the month was over, the spell she cast over [him] was gone, but the memory of that lost bass haunted [him] all summer and haunts [him] still.” (26) He continues to an even more important insight that “There would be other Sheila Mants in [his] life, other fish” (26) and explains that he has never made that mistake again and surely never will. Dissimilarly to Gene, it is not negative feelings that the boy recognizes to be toward Sheila, but simply that his love for fishing is where his passion truly

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While on his date, the narrator is faced with a dilemma, he caught one of the largest bass he had ever seen. However, he refrains from telling Sheila since he fears that he might lose her. Provided his admirable feelings for Sheila, he could not help but experience the same emotions after seeing the bass. The narrator, after analysing the situation decides to cut the line and set the bass free. Little did he know, Sheila decided to go home with Eric. Leaving the young boy, without Sheila or the Bass. He soon realizes that he no longer feels the desire for Sheila nor the Bass. In fact, as life progresses, he will get several chances to meet new love interests as well as fish. Additionally, the story provides us a hard life lesson, which I believe

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