Sheila Mant Symbolism

Regret is a kind of sadness, repentant when something disappointing happens or has been, especially the loss or a missed opportunity. The symbol of the bass, makes the narrator realize that he no longer wants Sheila Mant. Throughout the novel, several signs of symbolism, that are expressed through the protagonist of the short story, the narrator who is not named throughout the novel. The fourteen-year-old in the novel is young and naive and has a huge crush on a girl named Sheila Mant who is seventeen years old and the love of his life. The they are fishing on the canoe, and the bass is on the line the author has matured, being passionate about something is more important than infatuation. After, doing everything in his power to impress his crush and gets no reaction, he realizes that he must set her free. Within Wetherell’s The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant, the symbolism of the bass, the river, and Sheila Mant reflects that when we are young the decisions we make are rarely the best.
The representation of the river within the short story …show more content…
D. Wetherell weaved each of the symbols in order to present a major theme in the novel. In the beginning of the novel the narrator was a shy nervous wreck who didn't even have the courage to ask his crush. He would stock his crush who happened to be his neighbor and and even joined clubs, he wasn't interested in just so that she could notice him. The author used Sheila to represent the innocence inside of him. Since he was focused on sheila he never realized the decision that he had made until it was to late. The author used the letting go of the bass symbolize the boys youth. The letting go of the bass was like letting go of his inexperience and heading toward maturity. The use of the river symbolizes the journey that the narrator must take in order to reach adulthood. As well as the decision and realization that the decision make in order to show that the decision made when the author was young wasn't the