Thursday, December 26, 2013

What are some traits of both Sheila Mant and the narrator in W. D. Wetherell's short story "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"?

Sheila:


  • Self-centered (She talks
    almost exclusively about herself.)

  • Vain (She talks about
    being a model.)

  • Opinionated (She says fishing is
    “definitely dumb.”)

  • Beautiful (What else does the
    narrator see in her?)

  • Thoughtless or Selfish (She leaves
    the narrator for an older guy with a
    car.)

Narrator:


  • Observant
    (Watches the Mants from afar.)

  • Meticulous (Check out how
    he preps the canoe for the date, sets up his fishing rig, even uses the dog to set the
    drag.)

  • Assertive (He does ask Sheila out and push enough
    for her to agree.)

  • Quiet (As he says at the end, others
    have often told him he’s different, just like Sheila
    did.)

  • Reflective (He’s telling this story as a way of
    thinking about it--and he reflected enough at the time to avoid repeating the same
    mistake.)

Sheila:


-
Self-centered (She talks almost exclusively about
herself.)


- Vain (She talks about being a
model.)


- Opinionated (She says fishing is “definitely
dumb.”)


- Beautiful (What else does the narrator see in
her?)


- Thoughtless (She leaves the narrator for an older
guy with a car.)


Narrator:


-
Observant (Watches the Mants from afar.)


- Meticulous
(Check out how he preps the canoe for the date, sets up his fishing rig, even uses the
dog to set the drag.)


- Assertive (He does ask Sheila out
and push enough for her to agree.)


- Quiet (As he says at
the end, others have often told him he’s different, just like Sheila
did.)


- Reflective (He’s telling this story as a way of
thinking about it--and he reflected enough at the time to avoid repeating the same
mistake.)

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