Thomas P. Schultz Due Date: Friday, Sept. 23rd I read” The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”. By W .D . Wetherell. This story is about a boy who love fishing, but who also loves Sheila Mant. Sheila is a 17 year old high school student who does not know the boy. The Problem is that Sheila hates fishing and the boy loves fishing. I wonder if the narrator will pick the bass or Sheila? He might pick the bass , or he might pick Sheila. Why would he Pick the bass. If he does it is probably because his love and desire for fishing. He does it so much that when he is in the boat or on the dock he auto casts every time. In the course of the summers fishing he had learned the name of every fish in his river. The narrator also states in the story
She doesn't like fishing. He hides the fishing gear from her. Sheila heard a noise which was the bass, but he said it wasn't. Here is some reason why he would choose the fish. It was a big fish the biggest fish he had ever seen.
He also has the option of taking the Bass over Sheila. This Bass is by far the biggest bass that he has ever seen and has been working to catch it for months. The line was running wild; the Bass was clearly putting up a fight. The rod was bending like no other, and he saw the line tighten but ignored it and stayed focused on Sheila. Why would he choose Sheila
Did anybody notice the last sentence in “Woman Hollering Creek”? “It was gurgling out of her own throat, a long ribbon of laughter, like water.” Amazing, right?! Sandra Cisneros ties the story back to “La Llorona”! The sentence differentiates Cleo from “La Llorona” since "La Llorona" loses herself in misfortune while Cleo manages to escape. If the water represents “La Llorona”, then Cleo's gurgling laughter is the rejection of following her path.
Journal 1 I am reading “the bass, the river, and Shelia Mant ” by W.D Wetherill. So far this story is about this boy who likes a girl that joust moved near bass boy. In this journal I will be questioning and As I read this story, I wonder if the narrator will pick bass or Sheila. It is possible that he’ll pick the bass.
Throughout the text and the reasons he gave I am lead to believe that the boy will pick the bass. The boy automatically stuck his Mitchell reel on his Pflueger spinning rod when getting ready to set out to pick up Sheila in his canoe. He put his fishing rod in the boat out of habit because he doesn’t go anywhere without it. Next, the boy knew that it was the largest bass he has hooked onto and he wanted it
The reason he has conflict about the bass is because it hooks his line at one of the most inopportune times, while he is in the boat with Sheila. He knew that the bass was a big one, and that he wouldn’t get another like it for a long time but he makes the choice to make Sheila happy instead of catching the fish. For the rest of the story he is contemplating why he did what he did since he knew she was out of reach. At the end of the story there is a small note from the narrator saying that he “never made the same mistake again.” (McDougal
In the short story,The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant, author W.D Weatheral uses the literary device of metaphor to develop the story's theme of not changing oneself to get someone to like you. In the story, after he doesn't end up with sheila,the narrator claims that other people like Sheila would come in his life,”other fish,”(W.D Weatheral pg. 6). The narrator in this quote learns that if sheila didn't like him for who he is, then he shouldn’t have got with her. He understood that other people, fish as he refers. like Sheila would come into is like, perhaps one of them would like hi m for who he is.
Finding Fish, by Antwone Quenton Fisher is an inspiring novel showing how he overcame adversity. In act one of the novel the reader learned some of the challenges he faced during his childhood including, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Another obstacle to Antwone’s happiness and success was being a ward of the state and spending several years with the Pickett family before he experienced homelessness. Once he was kicked out of the Picket household, he was placed into a boy’s home until he turned eighteen and then he was on his own. He would then stay at a YMCA until it became dangerous and moved onto the streets.
and I will go fishing.” (Trumbo 29) This shows the reader how uncomfortable and nerve racking it was for the son to ask his father these questions, which helps in better understanding the
Joseph Greenwood Mr. Parker English Week 9 Assignment 5 12/8/15 The Choices We Make In the stories, Catch the Moon and The Bass The River and Sheila Mant written by Judith Ortiz Cofer and W.D. Wetherell, Each tell the stories of two young men. At the beginning of the story Catch The Moon, Luis has just come home from a juvenile detention facility. All this changes when a girl named Naomi comes into his junk shop looking for a hubcap.
In the passage from the novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Trumbo tells the story of a young boy named Joe and his father, who have a very close relationship. They each love to do the same things, but Joe thinks it is time to experience life on his own. Trumbo uses techniques such as Joe’s point of view, imagery, and unquoted dialogue to illustrate the strong relationship between Joe and his father. First, Trumbo uses third person limited point of view to only share the main character’s thoughts throughout the story.
In the story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” a boy takes a girl named Sheila Mant on a date and has to make a difficult decision. That difficult decision is his dream girl or a huge fish that he might never get the chance to catch again. This is a hard choice to make because he loves fishing, but Sheila on the other hand does not. He could pick Sheila because he loves her very much. For the past couple of summers he has been admiring and watching her.
What seemed to be the biggest bass in the river, snagged on the line. There is no way the boy could let Sheila know of this. The rest of the night, the narrator maneuvers the boat perfectly and somehow manages to keep the fish on the line, without Sheila having any knowledge. They finally reach their destination and the boy is faced with a crippling decision. The boy has to either cut the line, letting the fish go, or risk having Sheila lose all interest in him by reeling in the fish.
The film At the River I Stand was a very interesting film that went back to the civil rights movement and told the dream that Martin Luther King had and how his dream has come a long way. This film took place in 1968 in Memphis, TN. It focused on how African Americans were excluded out and were paid low wages and worked in poor working conditions. Not only did they go on strike to gain equality, but they also wanted to stand up for what’s right. Being though Martin Luther King was assassinated during this film, African Americans started more riots all over the country to fight for justice.
Peyton solves this problem with the help of Preacher Henry, who provides her with some helpful information that she needs to catch the bass. Frank writes, “‘How would I get them? Nobody’s been able to net any bass bait - no shiners.’ ‘That’s the trouble,’ Preacher said. ‘The little fish he gets hot too and so he’s out there in the middle deep…’ Peyton