BCC 158 October 16‚ 2013 In the story The Bass‚ The river‚ and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell the narrator‚ an awkward fourteen year old boy whose love for both fishing and the girl next door will both be tested. On land he is a typical teen with a crush on a beauty out of his league‚ when it comes to being in the water the boy has more confidence than the average male model. Although he is comfortable in the water‚ it is in the canoe where he makes his biggest mistake. In the start of the
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen it is I the successful former mayor Arthur Birling and today I shall inform and express my vital views about my triumphant life. Please do take down notes if you would also wish to live a lavish life like myself‚ as the whole purpose of me being her is to be auspicious‚ inspiring and to share some of my great fortune‚ as I wouldn’t dare to waste my precious time. So shall we being? Let’s commence with the bright future we’re all patiently waiting for. I strongly
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One such incident has occurred in the life of the narrator of “ The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant.” In the story “The Bass‚ The River and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell‚ The narrator describes how much he loves fishing and his neverending passion for it. Just as well he explains his feelings for the neighborhood darling “Sheila Mant”. He decides to ask her out and has to give up his passion on proving he is not dumb. Doing this‚ he later regrets it. He
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Leung 1 Richelle Leung Ms. Ratchford ENG 2D1e 26 February 2013 “Just Lather‚ That’s All” Captain Torres Monologue I‚ Captain Torres‚ who believes that our country should have better conditions‚ am here to bring out a new revolution! You people‚ who oppose us‚ definitely did not think it through! Have you ever thought about your living conditions? Wouldn’t you want to improve it? Or make it a better place for all of us to live in? Look at yourself and look at people around you! Don’t you people
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1. What are the most important issues confronting Sheila Mason? Explain you priority of important issues. The most important issue confronting Sheila is that her previous company‚ ATS‚ is claiming she may be in violation of her Employee Noncompetition‚ Nonsolicitation‚ Nondisclosure and Development Agreement that she signed when she was hired by the company. The day after she quit she began officially working for her own company‚ which ATS indicates is in direct competition with its own business
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River‚ and Sheila Mant” is that it’s hard to truly love to different things with all your heart equally. You see this even in the first statement to a point‚ “There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant.” Also we see this when Sheila says “I think fishing is dumb…” when the main character clearly loves fishing more than anything except maybe Sheila herself. Right after that he decides that ‚for at least the time being‚ Sheila is more
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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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How is Mrs. Birling presented in ‘an inspector calls’ and what does this reflect about Priestley’s ideas? In the play ‘An Inspector calls’ Priestley presents Mrs Birling as a; immoral‚ proud‚ prejudice‚ bad mother. Priestley presents Mrs Birling as being proud of her social status; he uses Mr Birling to highlight this ‘Arthur you’re not supposed to do such things’. Mrs Birling is the social superior of the Birling family and tells her Husband Mr Birling off for mentioning how ‘very nice’ the meal
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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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