Wetherell Quotes

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Evidence can be found that supports the idea that the boy will choose either the fish or the girl. There is evidence that supports the idea that he will choose the fish. For example, the character knows more about bass than he does about Sheila. This is proven during a conversation between the two characters: “’What’s that sound?’ she said, pointing toward the shore. ‘Bass. That splashing sound?’ ‘Over there.’ ‘Yeah, bass. They come into the shallows at night to chase frogs and moths and things. Big largemouths. Micropterus salmoides.’…” (Wetherell 2). This quote proves that not only does he know what bass eat, but also the sound they make, as well as their scientific name. He would have had done hours of research and spend lots of time on …show more content…
The text states, “What I actually did do was gently lean forward, and slowly, ever so slowly, push the rod back through my legs toward the stern where it would be less conspicuous” (Wetherell 3). This proves that he will do anything to keep Sheila from knowing he has the fishing equipment, but also anything to keep the fish from falling off the line. Later in the story, it is said, “…all my attention was taken up now with the fish” (Wetherell 4). Even though he was on his dream date, he chose to waste it by spending his time worrying about the bass falling off and back into the river. Finally, the main character may choose the bass because all of his spare time is spent fishing. When explaining what he usually did that summer, the boy states, “…I never went anywhere that summer without a fishing rod. When I wasn’t swimming laps to impress Sheila, I was back in our driveway practicing casts, I and when I wasn’t practicing casts, I was tying the line to 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
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