...Sheila Mant, the narrator’s love interest in W.D. Wetherell’s “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” is a less-than-lovable character. This young lady does nothing but torture the main character throughout the story’s entirety. One example that displays Sheila’s repulsive nature comes early in the story when the narrator points out that no matter how much showing off he did to impress her, she was not moved: “[T]o win her attention [I] would do endless laps between my house and the Vermont shore … but she was never watching. … [M]y longing was like a madness and I couldn’t stop” (Wetherell 27). This young gentleman is so smitten with Sheila that he will do anything to try to grab her gaze. He tries swimming, diving, and whatever else he...
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...Brooke Walters Due Date: Thursday, 24th Journal 1 I am reading “ The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell. The story about a 14 year old boy liking a 17 year old girl or how much he loves to bass fish. In this journal I will be questioning and As I’m reading the story, I wonder if he will pick the bass or Sheila. Ultimately I think he will pick the bass. One reason why I think he will pick the bass is because he knows so much about bass. He knows how they jump out of the water or how they fight when they are on a line; he even knows the scientific name for a bass. The second reason why he will pick the bass is he spends a lot of money on equipment. He’s invested his time and money into bass fishing; he enjoys it....
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...your passions: The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant “There was a summer in my life when the only creature lovelier than a Bass was Sheila Mant”(Mcdougal 27). The story is being viewed from the Narrator. It takes place in the summer by a lake where the Narrator witnesses Sheila Mant for the first time. He becomes obsessed and watches her every day. He learns he should always follow his true passion so he doesn’t have any regrets later in life. The author of The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant is W. D. Wetheral. He is best known for his short stories about people who face challenges that test the human heart (About BookRags). A good example of this is found in The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant where the Narrator learned that you should...
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...I am reading “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, and I am on page 5. This book is about how this boy had a huge crush on a girl then he asked her out on a date and when on the way to there date she says she doesn’t like fishing then he gets a fish on the line and it’s the biggest fish he has ever had on his line. In this paper I will be questioning. The boy will choose the girl. He will choose the girl because he has been showing off for the whole summer. Once when she was looking over at him he got on the top of his diving board and started to dive constantly to show off to her and he has been swimming laps everyday she was out on a raft tanning. Also when he asked her out on a date he prefered to bring her by raft....
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...The two narrators in the stories, “The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant” and “Lessons of Love” have many comparisons and contrasts with each others story. Some of the similarities that these two stories have are that they both want their crush to notice them. For example, in “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”, the narrator tries to get Sheila (his crush) to notice him by swimming laps while she sun bathed. Conversely, in “Lessons of Love” the narrator tried to get her crush to notice her by walking in front of him on her way to her classes and by walking around inside the store that he works at. Another similarity is that the narrator's thought of their crushes as if they were the only meaning of their life and why they do the things they...
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...Lit devices that show the hardships for the main character in “The bass, the river, and Sheila Mant” Authors use characterization, imagery, and hyperbole to develop characters so that readers can better connect with the story. Wetherell develops the main character’s love for fishing and his love for Sheila Mant using various lit devices. Wetherell uses characterization, imagery, and hyperbole in “The bass, the river, and Sheila Mant” to develop the main character so that the reader understands all the things that the main character goes through. Characterization, shows the reader how much in love the main character is with Sheila Mant. The first quote shows how into fishing the main character really is. It helps us learn...
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