I am reading “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” by W. D. Wetherell and I am on page 6. This book is about a boy and his passion for both fishing and the beautiful Sheila Mant. He struggles between having a pretty girl in his canoe and a massive bass on his rod. He eventually decides to focus on the girl, and in the end, regrets his decision to cut the bass free. In this paper, I will be questioning and connecting.

Will the boy choose Sheila or the fish? This is by far the largest fish he has ever encountered, and although he finally managed to get Sheila to go out with him, she isn't interested. Sheila is very pretty. She’s right there in front of him, with a great tan, long legs, and beautiful white dress, thinking fishing is dumb. She comments on fishing, and how she doesn’t have a good reason for thinking the sport is dumb. She might be in his boat, but Sheila keeps talking about Eric Caswell, and topics that he doesn’t …show more content…
His name was Nathan Warner, and he would go to Sartell Schools until the end of sixth grade. He was taller, older, and beautiful. Preschool me thought so. The narrator of the story also fell in love with someone. Sheila was basically Nathan, albeit female. Taller and older, Sheila had a beautiful tan and was very pretty. She and Nathan were completely uninterested. Nathan had all the girls in Mrs. Weinker’s class after him. Sheila had Eric Caswell. And Eric had a car. A four-year-old did not. Sheila was annoyed by the narrator, someone so much younger, with half of the experience she had. I had little to no personality, and I’m sure Nathan noticed me following him. It must have been obvious. His friends did for sure. Pretty soon, I guess I got the message. This was a kid more interested in playdoh than girls. Between kindergarten and when he transferred to Cathedral, I probably talked to him a maximum of fifteen times. The narrator moved on, and so have I. Life goes