In the short story The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant, by W.D. Wetherell, dramatic irony and flashback are utilized to communicate that one should never change themselves for the sake of another. Set during a summer in New Hampshire, Wetherell’s work is from the perspective of a young boy who becomes infatuated with a girl by the name of Sheila Mant. As as result, the narrator sacrifices the opportunity of a lifetime on his fruitless endeavor to win the heart of the girl. To begin, an excellent example of the effect of the irony and flashback is present at the end of the story when the narrator reflects upon his decisions and says, “ There would be other Sheila Mants in my life, other fish, and though I came close once or twice, it was these
He went through all this great amount of trouble for her and also had to leave a bass for this girl. But later when they got there, they had a good time. He even got a dance with her but after they were going home, she left him for another guy and got into his nice fancy car. The narrator had to stroke home alone in his boatcanoe. The theme of this story is really saying has a deeper meaning, that there' s are more fish in the
Imagery of the bass, the river, and Sheila Mant One of the main themes of this story is that sacrifice. The narrator of this story is not given a name but he is fourteen year old. The narrator has a major crush on a women- seventeen year old, Sheila Mant. The narrator finally, and I say finally, asks Sheila on a date via the narrator’s boat.
Sheila and her mother, Mrs. Birling, had loved to shop at Milwards until one Sheila had decided to go in to shop by herself to find a dress. As Sheila stared at herself in a mirror with the dress on, she glanced over and caught sight of Eva smiling at the assistant. This had infuriated Sheila as she thought Eva was trying to state that she was prettier, leaving Sheila to state that she would never be back unless Eva was gone. “I went to the manager at Milwards and I told him that if they did not get rid of that girl, I would never go near the place again and I would persuade mother to close our account with them” (23). This quote shows the selfishness as she took a small sight, turned it into anger which then evolved into Sheila to force the Milwards’ manager to fire Eva.
Wetherell’s story “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”. The 14-year old narrator is facing a huge predicament. The boy is on a date with the girl of his dreams. The boy and girl are canoeing up a river in Vermont. The young girl, Sheila, has informed the narrator of her disgust of fishing.
I am reading the short story “Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell. In this story the boy has to choose between the biggest bass he has ever caught and a girl named Sheila Mont. I will be predicting whether the boy will choose Sheila or the bass. G through out the whole story the boy is trying to decide if he wants to choose the bass or Sheila. Y Bass R does not listen to Sheila R knows a lot about bass R puts work into keeping the bass on the line Y Shelia R Stalks her R ask her out R tries to impress her G I predict that the boy will pick the bass over Sheila because he has put much more effort into keeping the bass then paying attention to Shelia.
He might choose the girl for several reasons, first off she is pretty he describes her as percect for him. also he loves her. He watches her through the bushes, and knows all of her moods. he knows what mood she is in depending on what position she is in, but the bass was also another option, He might have chosen the bass because it was the biggest bass hes ever seen. It pulled the boat and bent the rod twice as much.
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