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.
One night in the short story “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” written by W.D. Wetherell, the narrator realized that doing what he loves and being who he truly is comes before any significant person in his life. The narrator was obsessed with both Sheila Mant and fishing so if he wasn’t thinking about one it would be the other. On the way down to their date, the narrator found out that Sheila Mant thought fishing was stupid and boring while he could not live without it. During the story, the narrator decided to let down a fishing line while Sheila was not paying attention and this is where he started to face a dilemma. He realized that “Sheila began talking about something else, but all my attention was taken up now with the fish” (Wetherell
I am reading “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell, and I am on page 5. This short story is about a boy, the narrator, that has a crush on a girl, Sheila Mant. He learns little details about her as he observes and analysis her. As the summer goes on, he finally makes the decision to ask her out on a date, soon he would face a challenge that, at that time, must have been the hardest decision he’s ever had to make. Being compelled to choose between getting the girl, or catching a bass that would have been considered the biggest catch.
Outline of The River Book Review Opening statement (make it interesting!): I think that the river a fantastic book and brilliant sequel by Gary Paulson. Description of main character and setting (of most of the book): The main character is 15 year old brian robeson and the setting is the canadian wilderness Description of favorite scene: my favorite scene was when the dog started barking and brian knew he was saved Other interesting/important information: The book tells of horrifying accidents that brian has endured, in the first book in the series, Hatchet he survived 54 days in the canadian wilderness after is plane crashed, in this book the government wants him to do it again with a physcholigist named derrick however during a freak
In W.D Wetherell’s short story, “ The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”, the narrator is put into a position on which he has to give up on one of many things he care mostly about. Does he give up on Sheila Mant, the girl he had a crush on over the summer, or the biggest bass he had ever hooked? The narrator is challenged to complete the multiple obstacles of his desire, however in the end he obtained a life-time lesson. A lesson in which he learned that in life he will come upon many women, but the one that appreciate his true identity is the one worth sacrificing for. For instance, the narrator displayed his knowledge about bass and hope his intelligence would impress Sheila.
The narrator of the story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” is a young teenage boy, he has several conflicts that every teenager has to go through. Every decision came with a conflict or a question that he has to choose what is best for him. The boy that is tell this story has a internal and external conflict that he must figure out how to deal with. The internal conflict in this story is whether or not he should ask Sheila Mant out or not. The external conflict was whether or not he should rill in his line since he was trying to impress Sheila and she has already told him that he did not like fishing.
Francis Chan once wrote, "True love is about sacrifice for the sake of the ones you love." This quotation is base on the bible verse 1 John 3:16, which says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Indeed true love comes with a sacrifice. Walter Wetherell’s short story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” is a good example of a love sacrifice in which a fourteen-year-old boy who is in love with his sixteen-year-old neighbor, Sheila Mant. He has a serious crush on her and is thrilled when she accepts his offer of a date.
In Tim O'Brien's "On The Rainy River" from the novel Things They Carried, the author emphasizes the meaning of the River. " On The Rainy River" explores the meaning of separation between O'Brien's two different futures. As O'Brien battles his two different lives, he worries about what consequences will come with each side. O'Brien highlights how he was impulsive and began heading for the border where his life would be at the most risk. "
Caleb Thigpen 8 ELA Mr. Hooker 3/8/2024 Billy Sunday Through the book of “Billy Sunday” by Dick Bobnick we find the account of one of the greatest evangelists in American history. Billy started out struggling and was an orphan, but still continued to work hard and eventually got into baseball. Billy then transitioned from baseball into preaching and then he started to help on crusades and eventually started even hosting crusades. Billy Sunday was a steadfast evangelist who overcame many obstacles to spread the gospel through his personality, lifestyle, and passion for Christ.
On the Rainy River Analysis One of the most compelling books I’ve read is The Things They Carried. This book is filled with many short stories of the Vietnam war. The Author tells the story from the perspective of the soldiers. This books shows us the sacrifice these men had to give for are freedom. The Things They Carried has many great stories by Tim O’brien, but On The Rainy River was my favorite and seemed to follow the psychological literary lens.
In Tim O'brien's “On the Rainy River” it is the story about a man who has been conscripted to go the vietnam war, a war which he himself does not believe in due to the fact that he believes “when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause” by saying this I can see that he is against death and has a negative approach towards the idea of a war. Later on in the story he says “I was a coward. I went to the war. ”(pg.173) I disagree with the statement he made saying “I was a coward.
Children of the River Children of the river is a historical fiction novel published in 1989 by Linda Crew. This book follows a story of a young teenage girl who moves from Cambodia to the United States. In fact most of the people from Cambodia had to flee from their homes and moved to the United States because of the Vietnam Attack. Some stayed behind and was under fire the whole time. This book does a great job of describing world problems and explaining how they got to safety.
Sixty Years Later In 1957, the Little Rock High School was racially intergraded for the first time. Little Rock was a large urban city. And, it was a desirable place for people, of any race, to live and work. It was chosen as a pilot city for public school integration, and, had high hopes of success.
We crossed the Rocky Mountains this morning. It took all day yesterday and we didn 't stop until 9 pm. We woke up at 4 am and hurried to eat and pack up. We have to take the Sublette to get to the Greenwood Cutoff for 45 miles.
I stood in the bleak frosted air as Jim prepared to leave on his trip into Chester, the nearest city to our small town of River Grove. Silence filled the biting air, for it took much energy to speak on that cold January morning. Jim turned to me, solemnly staring into my eyes. His breath stained the thick air in front of him with a white cloud as he finally opened his mouth to speak.
