Sheila Or The Bass Analysis

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I wonder if the narrator will pick Sheila or the bass? One possible choice is the bass. One reason why I think he’s going to pick the bass is because he loves fishing. The way that I know that he loves fishing is that he knows everything about fishing. He also spends a lot of time fishing. Another, reason why I think that he will pick the bass is because it’s a big bass. The way that I know this is a big bass is because it is really strong. I know that the bass is strong because its pulling the canoe around the water. The last reason why I think he will pick the bass is because he does everything to keep this bass hooked. He has completely ignored Sheila and is so focused on this fish. He moved the canoe to the middle of the river so that the bass would not get off the line. …show more content…
First, the narrator has this magical love. He loves Sheila Mant she is 17 years old and really pretty. He knows all of her moods. The narrator wishes that he could go to one of their softball games. Next, the narrator gets the nerve to ask her out he does it in a quite like manner. He goes to her house while she is playing softball and as she is coming to third base he asks her to the concert that weekend. Lastly, they get to the concert and walk around the fair together. Just before they leave Sheila comes up to the narrator and says that she is not going home with him. Sheila went home that night with Eric Caswell and his corvette. The next, person that I’m going to talk about me and my love life. So I had this love for a really cute guy named Boston Waldhoff. Boston was really kind and super cute. I got the nerve to ask him out and he said … YES. Boston and I were together for three months the last month was not like the rest. Then I got a text from one of my best friends named Angela Spies. She told me that Boston had been cheating on me for the last month and a half. The narrator and I both have broken

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