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You live and you learn; mistakes are a part of life. Sometimes decisions have to be made that will affect your life forever. In the story “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D.Wetherell, a fourteen year old boy falls in love with Sheila Mant. Throughout his time with Sheila, he learns that she is not the person he thought she was. Traits such as snobbiness, laziness, and rudeness show up within the story.
Sheila Mant is very stuck up and snobby in the story. For instance, during the canoe ride over to the concert Sheila says“My legs are sore.”(Wetherell 297). Sheila was whining about this because the canoe ride was taking so long, which is expected because Sheila did not even offer to help the boy row the boat because she felt she was
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