...“The Bass, The River, And Sheila Mant” and “Lessons of Love” the narrators have much in common, but multiple differences. The Narrators in both stories are very similar. They are both around the same age. Their love interests are also around the same age. Both narrators go out of their way to impress and see their crushes. The narrator in “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” shows off by stating the scientific name of largemouth bass before he starts fishing. The narrator in “Lessons of Love” bribed her brother with treats to drink milk so she could go to the supermarket where her crush worked. Both narrators didn’t end up with their crushes, in “The Bass, The River, And Sheila Mant” the crush leaves with another person and in “Lessons of Love”, it is revealed that the crush had no interest in the narrator after he had kissed her. In both stories the narrators take every chance they can to see their crush. The crushes in the stories are very popular and the narrators aren’t as popular. The narrators are also very different from their crushes. In “The Bass, The River, and Sheila...
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