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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. If the narrator would pick Sheila, he would have to sacrifice what was important to him. He always watches Sheila and wants to impress her but he doesn't realize that he is 3 years younger than her. I think he will end up picking the bass. I think that because he really loves fishing and he is way to young for her and she will …show more content…
And he will eventually find another girl that is his age. The bass would be a good hobby for him to go into when he gets older, maybe a another girl he meets may like fishing. I only think that he will pick the bass because he wasn't really talking to the girl very much in the canoe either. That is my reasoning on what I think he will pick.
Both the narrator and I regret something that we did. The narrator regrets picking Sheila Mant, because she picked another guy with a car. The narrator took the girl on a date and caught a fish but through the fish back because he picked Sheila Mant. The narrator really liked Sheila and he was sad but at least he didn't sell all of his fishing equipment. In the story the narrator brought Sheila Mant on a nice date, and after they got of the boat she left with another man. He always felt really scared and nervous to be around her and so now he doesn't have to

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