Throughout the short story “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” the boy must decide between the bass and Sheila. The boy will pick the bass for several reasons. The first reason he will chose the bass is he has a long history with bass. This quote proves this‚ “The bass was slanting towards the rocks on the New Hampshire side by the ruins of Donaldson’s boat house. It had to be an old bass-a young one probably wouldn’t have known the rocks were there. I brought the canoe back into the middle of
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Acting On Impulse The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell‚ and Lamb to the Slaughter by Ronald Dahl display a theme of acting on impulse. This relates to our lives in many ways‚ In our everyday lives many things trigger us to act on impulse; when our parents chose to fight with us‚ we tend to ‘snap’ back‚ not thinking about how our actions could affect us in the long run. These stories share the theme of ‘acting on impulse’‚ even though they have different characters‚ settings
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Priestly presents Mrs Birling as a cold and heartless Character. As her character they play goes on she never takes responsibility for what she done and tries to pass the blame to everyone else. When told about Eva’s death Mrs Birling speaks in an “easy tone” and she smiles which shows that she doesn’t really care about what has happened to this girl as long as it doesn’t affect her this is also show by her saying “I don’t think we can help you much”. She says this before hearing anything the inspector
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In the darkest time where he lost his will to live he still found joy in pottery and cross country. His passion is what kept him going during the toughest time in his life. In “ The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” the author‚ W.D Wetherell‚ states “ When I wasn’t swimming laps to impress Sheila‚ I was back in our driveway practicing casts‚ and when I wasn’t practicing casts‚ I was trying to line the Tosca‚ our springer spaniel‚ to test the reel’s drag‚ and when I wasn’t doing any of those things
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Compare Gerald before and after the confession Before the confession Gerald is constantly trying to fit in with the Birling family. Page 6‚ “I believe your right sir” he Gerald has just agreed with Mr Birling’s views even though Gerald might not agree with them he is desperate to seek approval from Mr Birling and to fit in with the family. Gerald is comfortable around the family before the confession and before he realises that he has some involvement into Eva’s death. Page 8‚ Gerald is allowed
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In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” the boy must choose between his long time crush Sheila Mant‚ who despises fishing‚ and the fish. He just got this girl on a date after lusting after her for the longest time‚ but now he has caught a fish; it could be the biggest fish he has ever caught. The boy could choose the girl because he loves her. The boy watches her through the bushes and now knows all of her moods. He tries to catch her attention. He shows off for her‚ doing his best dives and strokes
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Does Priestley Present the Character of Mr Birling in Act 1? Mr Birling is presented as a successful businessman‚ who has been active in local politics and was Lord Mayor of Brumley (although it may become clear that he does not care about the local community). Mr Birling is also wife of Sybil Birling and the father of Sheila and Eric. From the first set of stage directions we know that the family is comfortable in their wealth and also found out that Arthur Birling’s wife is his social superior‚
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and Sheila Mant” “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant‚” by W. D. Wetherell‚ is an initiation story in which the symbols of fishing and Sheila Mant illustrate how the character of the narrator transforms from youth and innocence to sophistication and maturity. At age fourteen‚ it is typical for a boy such as the narrator to be beginning this transformation. Being innocent and naïve in a sense‚ the fourteen year old narrator gets an enormous crush on a seventeen year old girl named Sheila Mant
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make a decision based on what they think. In The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant‚ a young boy and girl‚ named Sheila‚ are impacted with impressing the opposite gender. The author‚ W. D. Wetherell‚ touches on peer pressure and the influence of gender and how they cause the boy to make a bad decision. People always make decisions or act a certain way caused by the influence of the opposite gender. He feels he needs to impress Sheila‚ which causes him to make a poor decision that he regrets. As stated
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cold equation his major choice that will affect the main character for the rest of his days was life and death a similar choice was made in the pit and the pengilum‚ Gold rush was need over greed the list can go on. I picked the bass the river and Sheila Mant witch taught the audience about choosing childhood over manhood. It shows a boy in his mid teen years conflicted with fishing and his crush and must choose. The author must have written this story off of personal experience. He shows in detail
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