I am reading “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, and I am on page 5. So far this story is about a boy who has a huge crush on a girl named Sheila Mant. They end up going on a date, when he realizes he’s caught a giant fish, but can’t let Sheila know. In this journal I will be predicting and connecting. One question I had while reading this short story is whether he would choose the girl or the fish.…
As I go on with the story I see that the narrator has to make a choice between the bass or Sheila, so I wonder which one? Maybe he’ll pick the bass. One reason is because he invests a lot of time in fishing. Putting a rod in the the water is described as second nature to him. Another reason is because he fished even before…
Don’t Second Guess Yourself “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell gives you an insight into the decision the narrator has to make. He has to make a difficult decision between the bass or a girl he likes named Sheila Mant. The narrator, a boy who loves to fish has to hide the fact that there is a bass on the line because the girl he likes, Sheila Mant thinks fishing is dumb. The story resounding theme is do whatever you think is the right thing to do. Don’t second guess yourself.…
I am reading, “The Bass, the river and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Watherell. The story is about a boy who takes his summer crush on a date, but is faced with the struggle of choosing Sheila or the biggest bass he has ever hooked. In this journal I will be questioning and evaluating. While reading this short story I am left to question will the Narrator pick the bass or Shelia Mant. I believe he will pick the bass.…
Perhaps it is because she is unlike the women that he has his late night adventures with. He finds joy in the false sense of cheerfulness that she radiates. He believes her to be “gay as morning, light as snow.” He wants her to be marveling and true. The desires he has towards her are those of personality and not appearance.…
I wonder if the narrator will pick the bass or Sheila. If the narrator pick’s the bass, the narrator would have to give up fishing and he loves it a lot. He has spent a lot of money on his fishing supplies and thinks that he might just give it up for a girl. He hasn't been listening to Sheila very much because he really wants the fish and he even says that there will be other girls that may really like fishing. The girl was mainly talking about herself a lot and he wasn't really listening to her.…
Throughout the novel Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Edward Bloom tells his son William Bloom stories and jokes that are in many ways better than reality. At first William strongly dislikes how his father overemphasizes his stories very much. William just wants the truth about his father as William never really got to know his father since he was always gone. As the novel progresses William starts to accept the stories more for what they are. By the end of the book, William has accepted Edward’s philosophies.…
CECIL CALVERT, 2ND LORD OF BALTIMORE, FOUNDED MARYLAND IN 1632. CECIL'S FATHER, GEORGE CALVERT, HAD RECEIVED A ROYAL CHARTER FOR THE LAND FROM KING CHARLES I. THE NEW COLONY WAS NAMED AFTER HENRIETTA MARIA, THE WIFE OF THE KING. TO AVOID CONFLICT BETWEEN MAJORITY PROTESTANTS AND MINORITY CATHOLICS IN THE COLONY, CALVERT INSTITUTED A PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS POLICY CALLED THE MARYLAND TOLERATION ACT THAT ALLOWED ALL CHRISTIANS, REGARDLESS OF SECT, TO FREELY WORSHIP IN MARYLAND. THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF MARYLAND WERE PALEO-INDIANS WHO CAME MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS AGO FROM OTHER PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA.…
This idea is supported by the frequented use of self-address implemented in the second half. The speaker becomes more involved. “I thought,” “I looked,” “I admired,” all produce a more active role on the part of the speaker. The turning point in the poem that triggers this alteration seems to be when the reader realizes that the fish is in fact still alive. “While his gills were breathing” (line 22) is the first action given to the fish and the first time he is addressed as a living thing.…
I dislike Bassoons One thing about bassoons is their chair straps, they are so weird. I especially dislike it when the will not stop adjusting their chair straps. Why cant they just use what bass clarinets use to keep up their instrument? This is very thrust rating me very much. I also dislike bassoons because some bassoons are taller than me!…
One day the poor fisherman. Kino,finds “the pearl of the world,perfect as the moon”(steinbeck 10). To be precise, In the novella The Pearl by steinbeck, Kino is a very poor man that does not have money. Juana his wife and coyotito his son all live in a brush house in La Paz on the Gulf of Mexico. Kino decides to go pearl diving to find a pearl to help coyotito because he got stung by a scorpion.…
Also when Marjie comes to work with all her bruises on her face he was about to ask like any sensible adult would But he see’s something and gives her nod knowing something crazy happened. Also how careful he is with her. In the book he does not over work her like her parents do on boying days. He lets her relax a bit even though she doesn't want to.…
The good life has many definitions throughout history. According to the textbook, the definition of good life is "the defense of the principles and rules of morality. It is sometimes called moral philosophy, although this is but a single part of the broad field of ethics, (Solomon & Higgins7). Since the time of the great philosopher Plato, people have asked the question, "what is the good life?" The philosophy of hedonism states that the good life involves getting all the pleasures out of life as one possibly can, (Solomon & Higgins 254) Socrates and some others people believed there must be certain limitations in life.…
Fish was originally born as Hamilton Fish to a 75 year old father and a 32 year old mother. After being nicknamed “Ham and Eggs” at an orphanage, in which he spent much of his early life, he desired to be called Albert, which was a name of a deceased sibling. It is said that many of his ancestors had mental illnesses. His mother placed him in an orphanage, around the age of 5, after his father died of a heart attack. Fish was often beaten and whipped in this orphanage, which actually pleased and aroused him.…
He had also insisted that even though they never met they shared this bond because they understood each other through intuition. They did not need to speak because they spoke of their plans all through their minds. He planned their entire lives together, dreaming about the family they would have, and even designing a house. This is not normal behavior even for a teenager who may be completely love-struck; he had gone crazy over a girl he had never met. This also is an…