The Bass And Sheila Mant Summary

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

Throughout the short story “Sheila Mant,” the boy must decide between the bass and Sheila. First off, the boy might pick the bass. One reason why he might pick the bass is because it is the biggest bass he has ever hooked. As it says in the text, “One, that it was a bass. Two, it was a big bass. Three, that it was the biggest bass I had ever hooked” (Wetherell 3). The boy had never hooked a bass this big in his life and is afraid it is his only chance. If the boy picks the bass, then he could have a trophy of a lifetime. The second reason the boy might pick the bass is that he has a history with fishing. As the story states, “Yeah, bass. They come into the shallows at night to chase frogs and moths and things. Big largemouths. Micropterus salmoides, I added, showing off”

The realization comes later after he has accidentally hooked the biggest fish he has ever hooked. By reeling in the bass, he would be losing Sheila, but cutting it loose would make him lose the catch of his life. When the narrator finally knows a decision must be made between the bass and Sheila, he chooses Sheila believing it is a more mature thing to do. When he “pull[s] a penknife . . . and cut[s] the line,” (7) he makes a conscious decision that Sheila Mant is to be more important than his fishing. When the night is over, and Sheila goes off in a different guy’s Corvette, the narrator comes to the realization that she was not worth giving up the fish. Later in life, after being with other girls and catching other fish, what “haunts [him] still” is losing the bass, not Sheila Mant. Ultimately, the narrator’s maturity came from finding out what he actually loved the most and sticking to that.

There are many people that are mean, selfish, and kill for money. In “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”, Sheila Mant is one of the mean and selfish people. In this story, Sheila exhibits laziness, not caring about anybody but herself, and using people. All of these characteristics are exhibited through indirect characterization. That shows, better than direct characterization, what type of person Sheila Mant is.

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.

Amy Tan’s short story, Fish Cheeks, outlines the general idea of self-acceptance. As the narrator, fourteen year old Tan declares her love for her minister’s son, Robert, who unlike herself, is “as white as Mary in the manger” (Tan 1). This crush is anything but healthy, primarily because Tan is reluctant to reveal her true self to him. This hesitance she portrays is strikingly recognizable in the teenagers of today’s world. Amy Tan 's story, "Fish Cheeks," is significant to the adolescents of today 's society through the overall structure, quality, and applicability of the piece as the struggle to accept oneself as an individual is still as present as it ever was.

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.

she replied. ‘And I would think you’d consider me sometimes.’” She is being self-centered because the two thousand dollars it cost is one-third of Montag’s (her husband) yearly pay. Also she is being very self-centered on pages 44-45.

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

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.

Within the story The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mants by W. D. Wetherell, there is a particular self-absorbent, lethargic character by the name of Sheila Mants. Evidence for such claims can be found throughout the story. One of these various examples would be “Eric said I have the figure to model, but I thought I should get an education first. I mean, it might be awhile before I get started and all. I was thinking of getting my hair styled, more swept back”. Sheila Mants is being taken to a concert by the narrator on a canoe and she continues to talk about herself through the entire canoe ride. She rarely allows the narrator to interject or add their opinion like the self-absorbed person she is. Besides being self-absorbed, Sheila Mants is

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

The book I am reading is “The Rock And The River” by Kekla Magoon. The book is wrote about

Along a heroes journey, sometime soon, comes the challenging climax. For Tim O’Brien, Elroy takes him to “go fishing” when in reality, is taking him to face his biggest challenge yet. Tim also notices this when he says:

The Fish is a narrative monologue composed for 76 free-verse lines. The poem is constructed as one long stanza. The author is the speaker narrating this poem. She narrates a fishing experience. The author is out in a rented boat on a body of water, presumably a lake. She tries to describe the fish to the fullest, which appears to be the purpose of the poem, without saying either the specie or an approximate age. The narration gives the impression that the fish is slightly old. There are a number of reasons as to why that fish got caught by the author, including time of day, the weeds weighing it down, fish’s age, and the fact that it has been previously caught five times.