Canoe

In everyone’s life, there comes a time where you have to a make a choice and the decision you make could haunt you for the rest of your life. In, “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”, by W.D. Wetherell, the narrator does just that. The narrator, a teenage boy, has a crush on Shelia Mant, an older girl, and asks her on a date. On the way, the narrator finds out that Sheila thinks fishing is dumb, so he hides the fact that he has his fishing rod with a bass caught on the line. He must choose…

Mako. “NO!” screaming mom, “Fine mom I won’t.” Quietly speaking mako, Later that night while everyone in the house was asleep Mako snuck out of the house. With his new canoe, Afa and Mako went out in the water. When he took off to shore he turned back, and the trees looked absurd, very absurd. Then Afa jumped out of the canoe because he was scared of the storm. “Don’t worry mom I'll get you that food.” He whispered to himself.…

The movie Yolngu boy is about friendship and the survival of it through thick and thin. The main charcters are Botj, Lorrupu and Milika. The lesson learnt in this movie I believe is you overcome any problem with friends by your side. The plot is to travel to Darwin with his friends overcoming problems and survival all to help each other. Lorrupu is a spiritual one that encourages their culture and uses it for many purposes. Milika is the sporty one that likes football and music and supports the…

In Jacob Needleman’s, “The American Soul: Redicovering the Wisdom of the Founders.” He examines the difference between historical Indian morals, traditions, beliefs and common misconceptions relating to them. Needleman, an advocate for the learning and discussion of an important part of American culture, wants to recall Indian lifestyles and share them in the 21st century. Many Americans consider Indian culture to be stuck in the past, but many aspects of Iroquois legends are linked to events…

For this writing task, you'll need to respond to the following scenario: Who are you? Aqua, a fine-dining boutique restaurant in Malibu, California, is frequented by celebrities and other wealthy patrons who relish its exotic menu and extraordinary wine list. It is the flagship restaurant in Premier Dining Group's chain of high-end eateries located throughout Southern California. As manager of this fine establishment, you work very hard to maintain the exceptionally high standards for which…

Their house was burned down by the unknown people that had been stalking on them. Their canoe was destroyed which they do not know who did it but it was destroyed after they found the pearl. The canoe was the only thing that was given from generation to generation. He even lost the worth of the pearl because they threw it back in the ocean. Since, they threw away the pearl, they would never be…

Before the fur trade with England, the First Nations people bartered to get what they needed. They traded food, furs, copper, pottery and other necessities with other First Nations people (p.77), over short and long distances. They mainly travel by canoe and by foot. This changed when the French came to new France and brought guns, gunpowder, hatchets, cloth, tobacco, knives and kettles. Trade created a need for more industries of different kinds, such as building construction and…

“Let’s be independent together!” my sister Molly, who has always protected my sister Kristi and me, said as we sat in our muggy garage packing our trunks for five weeks of camp in the unfamiliar mountains of North Carolina. Kristi and I had no desire to be away from our parents in a strange place for over 30 days. My parents told us we needed to be independent, and that having experiences away from home would help us in the long run. Molly’s reply to our fear was to tell us to be independent…

other towns all over the world. Safe, decent, innocent. Get closer, though and you start seeing the shadows underneath. The name of our town is Riverdale. It was a warm and bright summer day. Red haired twins Cheryl and Jason Blossom sit in a canoe on the edge of sweet water river. Cheryl looks Jason in his gunmetal gray eyes as the sun began to shine down on his pale complexion. She firmly but quietly asked him, “Are you scared Jason?” He silently shook his head no. They had…

Wetherell also uses setting to prove the theme of “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant.” To illustrate, after the narrator pulls up in his canoe, Sheila says, “I can get Dad’s car” (2) The characters are in conflict with the setting here as the narrator has to convince her to take the canoe because he does not want to give up a romantic date. Furthermore, the characters are in conflict with the setting when they are going backwards because of the bass, “It’s just…