the bass, river and sheila mant
...l love, but turned out to be a painful experience. He tried to hard to impress an older girl, but not just any girl. A girl that never returned the feelings he thought he deserved. This was an unexpected lesson he quickly learned! Excited about taking her to the party she starts to hear noises which was fish hitting the canoe after questioning about the noise she quickly comments on how “fishing is dumb” (193) based on her comment on fishing he does not want her to know he’s fishing so he “gently lean forward and push the rod back.” (194) Sheila Mant, is like most teenage girls. Most girls at some point in their lives find unintentionally taking some boys feeling for granted. Neither Sheila nor I was immune from this. I always enjoyed parties and hanging out with friends, especially places where males were present. When I was 17yrs old my cousin, close friends, and myself went on a vacation to New York City. A majority of the girls distanced themselves from the guys for obvious reasons; we wanted to look unattached. The first week there I went over my budget buying gifts for my family. I could have returned some of the gifts or borrowed some money from my friends. Instead I allowed a young man, who had a crush on me, to pay for most of my expenses for the remainder of the trip. When the trip was over, I didn’t think of his feelings and continued my life as if nothing happened. This experience is very similar...