Kivon L. and Kyrhee D.
Period 5
11-22-10
Final Draft


The bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” and “Catch the Moon”

In the story” The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” the main character is the narrator. The main conflict in this story is when the Narrator takes Sheila Grant out in a boat and she tells the narrator she hates fishing. Unfortunately he is happy to go fishing and decides to stop what he loves for her.They end up at a concert and she leaves for some guy named Eric Caswell. Later on in his life he remembers to not make that same mistake again. The story’s theme is don’t stop what you love for a person.

The main character in the story The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant is the boy that likes to go fishing and catch bass in the river. The conflict in the story is that the boy falls in love with Sheila Mant and the boy loves to go fishing. Sheila Mant does not like fishing and so the boy throws his fish away that he caught. The resolution is that the boy learned from his mistake. The boy changes because after the fact Sheila Mant does not find him interesting because of his fishing he moves on and still does the same thing in life that he used to do. Whether or not there is something that you like or that you find impressing you don't have to change for that specific thing or that person just be yourself so you have confidence about yourself.

The main character for the story “Catch the moon” is Luis and he is a teenage boy. The main conflict in the story is that Luis’s mother dies of cancer and Luis has a big struggle with that even though it has been three years since his mom has passed away. He does not know a lot about how to love or even like a girl because basically the only girl in his life that ever loved him was his mom. The resolution in the story is that Luis still loves his mom but he does not think about her that much and doesn't get mad easily anymore because he does not really pay much attention to his mom not being alive. The main character changes because he thinks before he starts to get angry when people talk about his mom and he is a little more comfortable around girls . Just because a person is not with you in life it does not mean you have to stop doing things in your life because of someone not being included in it .

In both of the story’s “The bass, the river, Sheila mant” and “Catch the moon” both boys have figured out what love is about and what it means. Both of the boys know what it is to be loved and how to be loved and how to be close to somebody in their life. The main ideas were that the boys had a date or experienced what it feels like to try to find someone perfect for them and they also had something in their life that meant almost the world to them. Overall in life there is going to be a down fall in life, but who is to say that you can’t get over that down fall. You only have one life, make it like you want it and don't give up on your strengths.