To Sheila

person or another? In “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant" by W.D Wetherell, the narrator had to decide between a bass and Sheila Mant. In the “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the narrator had to decide between her daughters to give one of them their grandmothers quilt. Both narrators had to make decisions that choose either one person or the other. The narrator from the “Everyday Use” Dee, Maggie, the narrator from “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” make decisions and sacrifices for one…

In the article “Pros and Cons of Food Additives” from October of 2001, the author, Sheila Globus, describes both the negative and positive effects that food additives have. She did this by listing the pros and cons of food additives, supported by scientific data from the late twentieth century and from the early twenty-first century, all without picking a specific side to argue for or against to avoid any form of bias. From lines thirteen to twenty of the article, Globus describes some of the…

In Sheila Kohler’s, “Baboons”, and Adam Haslett’s, “City Visit”, both stories reveal that loneliness cause the exploration of one’s sexual orientation. Two characters from vastly different backgrounds explore their sexual backgrounds with persons of the same sex, all in secrecy. One confesses to his wife that he is having an affair with another man while the other goes to New York with his mother to meet a man whom he met online with the intention of exploring his sexual preference, without the…

Love can change an individual for the better and sometimes can bring out the true nature in others. In both short stories, “Catch the Moon” by Judith Cofer and “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, love is the main objective being issued. Both of these tales take on different perspectives and settings to show young love. These stories are extremely similar and yet have different outcomes. Both stories have a high school age protagonist facing different issues and learning…

If one were to have asked a Russian peasant what revolution means to them, they might answer samovol’shchina, or, translated “doing what you want.” In Sheila Fitzpatrick’s book The Russian Revolution she traces three broad themes through the course of the revolution that existed before 1917 and would continue until about the time of 1934. She examines the class struggle that was an important part of the revolution as well as the leadership that lead the Russian citizens through these tumuloous…

regretful consequences such as divorce and even murder. In both stories, “Paper Losses” by Lorrie Moore “Baboons” by Sheila Kohler, the relationships of the two couples fall apart, either by a divorce or a murder attempt. The In both stories, the wives fail to communicate with their husbands and isolate themselves. They both avoid the obvious issues that dwell in their respective Sheila Kohler, the relationships of the two couples fall apart, either by a divorce or a murder…

In the play “Inspector Calls” Sheila is a truthful and honest person and changes from the beginning and throughout the play. “Millward’s, I’ll go there,” this acknowledges that Sheila had been to Millwards. This shows us that “Recognises with a little cry” this confirms that Sheila knew Eva. When Sheila started to cry, it was very obvious that Sheila had done something wrong to Eva. The Inspector makes Sheila spill everything out and tell the truth. Sheila is the second one to admit to her…

the story The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant by W.D. Wetherell a young boy learns his lesson to not go for older women and instead to do what you love. Over the years this young boy has always had a slight crush on his older neighbor girl. One day he decides to ask her out and take her out to eat. He catches a huge bass on his pole on the way there. He finds out that she hates fish and thinks its disgusting. So of course, he lets the fish go and goes for Sheila Mant but she ends up meeting a…

I interviewed my co-worker, Sheila Johnson. She is an African American born in 1952 during the WW11 and Korean War Generation. Mrs. Johnson was born and raised in Aiken, South Carolina. Her parents were both African Americans and married when she was conceived and born. Mrs. Johnson’s father was a history teacher and worked at the family’s pharmacy/neighborhood drug store. Her mother was a registered nurse. Mr. Johnson has one younger sister. She reported her family as being middle class.…

you need to actually grow up and not have fun. There are times when life does have to hit you hard or you have to realize what is happening. These stories are relatable to many and people can learn off them. In the story “The bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” the author portrays a sense of a little boy wanting love. In the beginning of the story, the boy says “the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a Largemouth Bass was Shiela Mant”. This girl seems to be the only thing that the boy…