The bass, the river and sheila mant

The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant (W.D. Wetherell)

1. About the writer
• (Name)W.D. Wetherell
• (Born in the)Middle of 20th century
• (bornin) Mineola, New York
• (bachelor degree at) Hofstra University
• (had) various jobs
• (won) numerous awards
• (this story won the) PEN SyndicatedFiction Prize
• (still) alive
2. Plot Parts
i. Setting:
1. Summer
2. Close to the river
3. (happened around) 1960 –Present
ii. Narrator
1. 14(years old)
2. (loves) fishing
iii. Sheila
1. 16 (years old)
2. Beautiful
3. Rich
4. Popular
5. “out of reach”
• Internal Conflicts
i. Shyii. No common interests
• External Conflicts
i. Money
• Rising Action
i. Important events/conflicts: He asked Sheila out (tienen que explicar esaesena y a donde la invitaba…)
• Climax: Cut the line between the fish and Sheila (aquí también explican como sucedió, de que se tenía que decidir sidejar al pez morir e irse con Sheila, o hacer lo contrario..)
• Themes
i. Sacrifice (en la hoja que el profesor nos dio sale porque )
ii. Decisions(esto es obvio)
• Falling Action
i. Important events (nadie puso nada sobre eso y yo ahorita no lo puedo hacer)
• Resolution
i. He lost the fishand Sheila, so in the end he lost the two things he loved at the same time
3. Character Analysis
• Narrator:
i. In love with Sheila
ii. Lovedfishing
• Sheila:
i. Selfish
ii. Superficial
iii. Unpleasant
iv. Only cared about going to the concert and not spending time with the narrator