The Bass And Sheila Mant Summary
Who would you be if you never had found your passion? Some people find their passion in sports, crafts, or gardening, everyone's interests are incredibly diverse. One thing that everyone has in common is, their passion makes them who they are. That is why the most important thing about growing up is finding your passion, especially when life gets tough.
In the story “Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to read” the author, David Raymond, states “I’ve won a letter on the cross country team...the school might hold a show of my pottery” (Raymond 81). The main character suffers from dyslexia, but that did not stop him from finding his passion. In the darkest time where he lost his will to live he still found joy in pottery and cross country. His passion is what kept him going during the toughest time in his life.
In “ The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” the author, W.D Wetherell, states “ When I wasn't swimming laps to impress Sheila, I was back in our driveway practicing casts, and when I wasn't practicing casts, I was trying to line the Tosca, our springer spaniel, to test the reel’s drag, and when I wasn't doing any of those things, I was fishing the river for bass” (Wetherell 43). The main character has found his passion, fishing. He spends …show more content…
For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that one’s life is barren as the dusty yards of one's town. And I too have planted marigolds” (Collier 116) What the author means in these few sentences is that when Lizabeth looks back on her childhood, she remembers the love of marigolds with pain because that is all she had growing up. The last sentence means that she still is fond of marigolds and holds on to those memories. This piece of evidence supports the theme because she developed this love for planting marigolds when she was a child and had
In the story “Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to read” the author, David Raymond, states “I’ve won a letter on the cross country team...the school might hold a show of my pottery” (Raymond 81). The main character suffers from dyslexia, but that did not stop him from finding his passion. In the darkest time where he lost his will to live he still found joy in pottery and cross country. His passion is what kept him going during the toughest time in his life.
In “ The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” the author, W.D Wetherell, states “ When I wasn't swimming laps to impress Sheila, I was back in our driveway practicing casts, and when I wasn't practicing casts, I was trying to line the Tosca, our springer spaniel, to test the reel’s drag, and when I wasn't doing any of those things, I was fishing the river for bass” (Wetherell 43). The main character has found his passion, fishing. He spends …show more content…
For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that one’s life is barren as the dusty yards of one's town. And I too have planted marigolds” (Collier 116) What the author means in these few sentences is that when Lizabeth looks back on her childhood, she remembers the love of marigolds with pain because that is all she had growing up. The last sentence means that she still is fond of marigolds and holds on to those memories. This piece of evidence supports the theme because she developed this love for planting marigolds when she was a child and had