The Bass The River And Sheila Mant Summary

I have read “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell. The story is about a 14 year old boy who has to pick between a girl and fishing. In this journal, I will be questioning the narrators regretful decision and connecting to my regretful choice.

In reading Jasmina Derivsevic-Cesic’s novel, The River Runs Salt, Runs Sweet, I find the purpose of her telling her painful story fascinating. Her purpose in writing her story evolves over time from when she was asked to write about her family members’ deaths, to when she began the writing process. Jasmina begins by stating that she originally was “writing the story for Bosnia’s sake.” (Dervisevic-Cesic, 2) Although, when she begins writing her story, the purpose shifts from the story telling of her lost loved ones to helping the people of her new home to understand what Bosnia went through and how they can help. (D-C, 1)

The boy knows all about largemouth bass, even their scientific name. He also has all the name brand equipment for fishing such as Pflueger and Rapala. The name brand equipment is important because it must mean he is extremely committed to fishing. The last reason he might choose the bass is because he is extremely dedicated to fishing. As the text states, “I say automatically, because I never went anywhere that summer without a fishing rod” (Wetherell 2). The boy was constantly fishing or practicing his casts. Fishing was not something he had to think about, it was just instinct to grab his rod anytime he went somewhere. Fishing for bass is tremendously automatic for the boy. Secondly, the other decision the boy might make is to pick Sheila. He might select Sheila because he creeps on her constantly. As explained in the story, “I had learned all her moods. If she lay flat on the diving board…Sitting up, arms tucked around her long, suntanned legs, she was approachable” (Wetherell 1). The boy was regularly creeping on Sheila and learning all her poses. He would try to spy on her parties. He might pick

In the short story “The Bass, The river and Sheila Mant,” one of the main characters is portrayed as self centered due to her inability to pick up on how the narrator feels about her. In the story Sheila is very open with what she would like to do rather than having any interests in the narrator. Sheila explains to the narrator “I went to a party there. These fraternity men Katherine says could get in there if I wanted. I'm thinking more of UVM or Bennington. Somewhere I can ski.” Sheila continues to be characterized as very self centered because she is perceived as only interested in herself and appears to lack interest in what the narrator would like to do. Sheila continues to be depicted as self centered because she complains about how

Station Eleven explores many viewpoints to further the plot of the novel. This method of explanation begs the question - Who is the main character?

Everybody knows that feeling when you like a girl or a boy. You get nervous around them, can not think clearly around them. Both pieces of writing speak to this feeling. In the short story The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant the narrator states “ the only creature that seemed lovelier to me then a largemouth bass was sheila mant” (Wetherell 245). That statement shows us that she means alot to him because fishing was everything to him and he put her above it. The poem It’s Raining in Love, talks about these feeling as well. Richard Brautigan express this feeling when he says “ I don’t know what it is, but I distrust myself when I start to like a girl a lot” ( Brautigan 251). The short story and the poem have a very similar theme, they both

When I was little, I was never self-conscious but as I went on to middle school my first year was rough because all the people I knew in my elementary school went to a different middle school as me. In 6th grade, I became very self-conscious because I knew no one and would often just be alone and do my own thing. I was constantly doubting and questioning myself. The Narrator from “The bass, The river, and Sheila Mant” and Heather from Panic are constantly self-conscious because they are always doubting and hiding their true selves.

Social standards may confine individuals from pursuing their own personal interests. Through the relationship between societal standards and individual interests, Sandra Cisneros’ short story, “Woman Hollering Creek,” introduces the roles of men and women in a Hispanic culture. The protagonist, Cleofilas Hernandez, is trapped in an abusive relationship with her newly-wed husband, Juan Pedro. However, Cleofilas tolerates the toxic relationship due to the social norms of her society, which reveals that the Hispanic culture revolves around a patriarchal society and that women have to be submissive to their husbands. As the story progresses, Cleofilas abandons the gender norm to lead an independent lifestyle.

We are shown that the central character is against living in accordance with societal norms by the quote “Other men had other passions to disturb their lives…. Unlike the others, he had been careful not to encumber himself with a wife and children.” We know the character isolates himself through the statement “So strong was his faith that, as long as the lake was free of ice, he lived in the boat, never leaving it until the end of the shipping season. Throughout the winter, he lived alone in one room in an old house near the harbour” The reason his isolation has left him unable to face the truth is because he has never allowed himself to be close to another person and so he heavily relies on the boat. Since the boat is his one source of comfort, of course he does not want to believe that there could be anything going wrong with it as without it he would have nothing else that is important to him, which is because he has isolated himself from others for so long, relying purely on the boat to bring him comfort and

Readers will be captured in this magical and adventurous story as they follow the lives of three teenage girls. Circles In the Stream is the first book in the fantasy series Avalon written by Rachel Roberts. This story is about three mages named Emily, Adriane, and Kara. They work together to rid evil in the ordinary world. Rachel Roberts did a splendid job of developing the theme of friendship throughout the story. The three very different girls had to learn to get along if they wanted to save the world. Roberts includes occasional drawings throughout the book that helps readers understand the story more clearly. In the story, the protagonists and antagonists play an essential role. Emily, Kara, and Adriane are the protagonists and are the

Also the conflict that was announced in the parking lot where the bad older character was hit with a tire iron and the three young teenage boys were fighting with this man. For the most part the narrator consistently talks about his wild life style. He chose even though he was from a well off family and he didn't have to take that road, but we all have the choice and every generation goes though it. The narrator also tips of his rebirth and baptism in the lake while he was running from his fight that he just encountered with the tire iron he trips over a body floating in the lake. All in all I thought this story was super fun to read and relate to in the sense of being wild and ruthless, but the song that came along with it was pretty awsome and was fun to listen to and get a feel for the time period and style back in the day where it was good to be

“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant,” by W. D. Wetherell, is an initiation story in which the symbols of fishing and Sheila Mant illustrate how the character of the narrator transforms from youth and innocence to sophistication and maturity. At age fourteen, it is typical for a boy such as the narrator to be beginning this transformation. Being innocent and naïve in a sense, the fourteen year old narrator gets an enormous crush on a seventeen year old girl named Sheila Mant and comes to believe she is what he loves most in life. For him, Sheila is a symbol of the maturity and sophistication he will eventually become a

Frank Ocean’s “Seigfried” and Bessie Head’s “The Deep River: A Story of Ancient Tribal Migration” reveal the power of society to narrow individuals’ choices to extremes. The narrative of Head and the poetry of Ocean prove that quests for individuality is not always welcomed. It is typically understood that most matters are of many nuances (not black and white), however the collective society through groupthink may hold a monolithic stance. A stance which tasks outcasts to decide between two opposites. In our specific example, the two extremes are seclusion and conformity.

In all ages, now and then, people care about money more than anything. Stanley, 14 years old little boy has a crime and was taken to Camp Green Lake. He believed that he is unlucky with everything and his fortune doesn’t exist, but at the end of the book, his fortune did exist. The part where Stanley found Kate Barlow’s lipstick from tons of hole digging, could be the turning of the book. I liked this part because Stanley got more interested with the background story of Katherine and Sam, which means that Readers could also know more about them. Kate is my favorite character in this book. She was determined against racism and killed anyone who was against her. However later Stanley escapes the camp with Zero and head towards the top of the

I begin with asking why are the teenagers so… basic? The smart girl, who is timid in the beginning but opens up. The jokester who never fails to inject a dose of humor into a dire situation. The rich snobs, who we learn come from a bad background and maybe, just maybe, will decide to cooperate. The leader, who shows off a brave and fearless attitude, but deep down is just as scared as the comparatively inexperienced followers. And finally, the unrequited love who stands by the leaders side at every moment, whose shallow personality and lack of development are over masked by the sweet moments of teenage love. Mrs. Cherie Searles has commented “ I was not at all satisfied with these characters. I feel like Sarah, the main character, is the only one who has any dimension at all. The others all fell really flat… We learn very, very little about these characters and what we do learn doesn't really add anything to the story”. Exactly my point! That, believe it or not, are the characters that are the protagonists that are the focus point of the book. Conventional, am I wrong Khouri? But, as I am woke member of society, I also see a greater problem with this use of recycled material. Why must she use the stereotypical personalities in order to create this book? Stereotypes are wrong in society because they generalize large masses of people, and generalization always proves to