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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the members of the Birling family. Write a character study‚ using the text for reference‚ to show how Priestley uses the character to convey his own opinions and attitudes. The playwright of “An Inspector Calls‚” J.B. Priestley‚ was a dedicated supporter of socialism‚ and by writing this play‚ he vents his own opinions and attitudes through his characters. The play is set in 1912‚ two years prior to the First World War‚ in the home of a prosperous manufacturer‚ Arthur Birling. It is perceptible
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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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The experiences of Naheed Mustafa and Sheila Watt-Cloutier are similar in numerous ways. The passion the two women have for their culture is undeniable. However‚ to others their culture is just another brick on the wall. Often‚ the both of their cultures clash with society’s views and beliefs in today’s world which is personally rather upsetting to both females. The experiences they share are nonetheless very similar. Naheed Mustafa‚ a young Muslim who began to wear the hijab once she blossomed
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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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The choosie the boy has to make The story the bass the river and Sheila Mant by W.D. Wetherell it is about the boy making a choosie about catching the bass of his life and the big bass he has ever seen. And the other choosie he making is that he is keeping the girl of his dreams. This is about the boy who wants the girl sheila mant to be happy and she doesn’t like fishing. So he has and big bass on the line so he have to make a choosie the catch the fish of to not catch it and make the girl happy
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How Does Priestly Present Birling in Acts 1 and 2? In Act One Birling is presented as very smug and egotistical when Priestly uses the stage directions ‘confidently’ and ‘laughs complacently’. These show Birling is not afraid to show his importance and status. It also shows his arrogant nature that emphasises he wants to dominate the situation‚ yet when the inspector arrives he loses his authority. ‘Complacently’ shows he thinks other people with a lower status are stupid and unimportant. Priestly
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Sheila is portrayed as a beautiful young lady in her early twenties with a rather selfish and arrogant nature. Using her compelling personality she is able to obtain anything in which she desires through her father. She makes inconsequential remarks and speaks in a childish manner. However she is the only one to accept immediate responsibility for her role in Eva Smith’s death‚ making her most probably the furthermost sympathetic character throughout the play. She is horrified by her own part in
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