Internal and External Conflicts in "The Bass, the River, and Shiela Mant"

In "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant" the main character experiences internal and external conflicts. The internal conflict that he encounters is his love for Sheila Mant and how much he likes her. He had been watching her all summer and had been trying to impress her. He battles to find the courage to ask her out and when he finally asks her out he decides to take her to the fair to see some bands. When they are on the canoe on their way Sheila tells him how fishing is stupid. That is his favorite sport and her battles that there must be a reason why she doesn't like fishing. When he tries to hid his fishing pole in the boat he shoves it under the seat and his line accidentally catches a bass. He doesn't want to real in the bass because he doesn't want Sheila to see him fishing. His external conflict is his struggle with the fish. He know that it is the biggest fish he had ever caught and he struggles to keep the fish on the line and not let Sheila see. Another internal conflict is him trying to decide whether or not to try to catch the fish or not embarrass himself in front of her. He battles if he should catch this fish because it is the biggest fish he had ever caught or let it go. When he let the fish go because of Sheila he later knew that he made a mistake because he Sheila didn't pay any attention to him and she left him later that night to go with someone else. his conflict was that he had made the mistake of choosing Sheila over the greatest fish he would have ever caught.