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
At this time the man crosses to the Canadian shoreline, only twenty yards away from the boat. He turns around, bows his head away from Tim, and starts humming. At this time Tim starts to have a hallucination and is crying. He tries to jump over the boat but is unable to. “I couldn’t make myself be brave.
Journal #1 I am reading “The Bass, The RIver and Shelia Mant” by W.D. Wetheraell, I'm on page #5. So far this book is about a boy that loves fishing and this girl named Shelia Mant. He asks Sheila out on a date and she agreed. So there on the date and there's a huge bass on the line, but he doesn't want to reel it in because Sheila hates fishing. In this journal, I will be questioning and connecting.
He sought to quickly escape the responsibility of someone other than himself. During this circumstance, to be responsible for someone else during an experience like so, meant that the other person's survival relied on one's own, due to the reversed roles between parents and children. This will to escape responsibility it expressed when it says, "But then I remembered something else: his son had seen him losing ground, sliding back to the rear of the column. He had seen him. And he had continued to run in front, letting the distance between them become greater"(Wiesel 91).
Mary Oliver uses a diversity of word arrangements in order to emphasize her responses and give life to her writing. She instantly begins the passage with a lengthy sentence filled with catalog that expresses
These two narrators are similar, but also different in many ways in “The Bass, The River, & Sheila Mant” and the story “Lessons of Love”. In the two stories the narrators are not really noticed by the person they are crushing on. In the first story the narrator tries more to get their loves attention. While in the second story they just follow their love around. In the “The Bass, The River, & Sheila Mant”, the narrator is a boy.
The author, Rudyard Kipling, uses personification in this story to help demonstrate the way animals can not talk. She caught it in her mouth, turned to the veranda steps, and flew like an arrow down the
Pg 178. At this lodge he met an older gentlemen named Elroy Berdahl, Tim had spent a total of 6 days at this lodge, where he learnt a lot about himself, Throughout the stay, Elroy never asked much about Tim; where he had come from, what he was running from, anything about his family. On the last day, Elroy had taken him out to go ‘’fishing’’ where they crossed the Canadian border, here is where Tim lost himself briefly, He thought about jumping and swimming across, He looked for reassurance, thinking ‘’ What would you do, would you jump?’’ He did this in his head but acted like he was talking to a different person. He then visioned his family and how they opposed what he was doing, his friends and future family as well.
Throughout the narrator’s burdensome journey, the author’s style, the setting, and the other characters help contribute to his dynamic change,
This is showing the lack of trust between the narrator and his brother. He is scared what he might find or not find and doesn’t know what to
The author reminisces about his time at the lake with his family as a child and pictures the things that may have changed over the years. White describes his emotions through several different senses, proving just how much he had enjoyed his previous trips. He then reaches the point of arrival and compares all of the changes previously mentioned. He determines
The expectations of the narrator are affecting her mentally and physically. The narrator feels controlled and restricted; her doing what everyone else wants her to do builds her
In addition, during the poem, the narrator spoke to different things. It caused confusion, each time the reader needed to figure out who her addressee was. For example, it was not clear to whom she was referring in the sentence '' The world wasn't yours''. Did she speak to the fish or to the
The monologue explores the tension Atwood withholds as a writer and having authority and control over her voice. Power and control contribute throughout to drive the piece to ultimately craft a compelling composition. Through this, the passage of time reveals itself with the cascading events of the gain and the loss. This can be exemplified through the simile “my voice, ballooning out in front of me like the translucent greenish membrane of a frog in a full frill.” This exhibits Atwood’s lack of control of her own voice as one that’s unauthoritative.
As he, the Wanderer speaks kindly, he explains that “ A wise man must be patient not too hot of heart nor hasty of speech, not reluctant to fight nor too reckless, not too timid nor too glad, not too greedy, and never eager to commit until he can be sure. A man should hold back his boast until that time has come when he truly knows to direct his heart on the right path”. This quote reveals the acceptance aspect within the five stages of grief which he is experiencing throughout the poem. The Wanderer speaks of patience and how to be calm and in lack of better words, indifferent about quite a lot of things. This is a side of him which is more calm, understanding, and accepting.
