“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”.pptVIP

“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” By W. D. Wetherell SETTING Summer New England Town River Provides the backdrop for the story to take place CONFLICT Physical: the narrator struggles with the bass Internal: the narrator struggles between his desire to catch the biggest bass in his life and his desire to impress Sheila CHARACTERS Narrator: 14 yrs. old at the story’s beginning, loved fishing for largemouth bass, has a crush on Sheila Mant, spends his time trying to get up enough courage to ask Sheila for a date Sheila Mant: 17 yrs. old, family is renting the cottage next to his family’s,