Comparing Summerland And Once More To The Lake

“Once More to the Lake” is an essay that was published in Harper’s Magazine in 1941 by author E.B. White. The author tells the story through a first-person point of view and describes his experience at a lakefront camp in Maine. The essay shows White going through an internal conflict between perceiving the lake and acting as he did as a child and observing the lake and acting as an adult. White’s experience and views as an adult almost seem identical to his experience as a child until it is effected by his recognition of the technology difference in the boats. Certain moments, such as when the author and his son are fishing, reminds White of when he spent those moments with his father. These nostalgic moments help White realize that even though human life is transient and insignificant, but experiences are eternal. The author sees that even though his revisit is slightly different, his son still has the same experience that he had when he was young.

Although ethos and logos are important modes as well, this text is most effective due to White’s continuous use of pathos. His thesis statement suggests the urge to return to his childhood memories, “…this feeling got so strong I bought myself a couple of bass hooks and a spinner and returned to the lake where we used to go, for a week’s fishing and to re-visit old haunts” (“Once” para. 1).The audience is also evoked with anticipation to what will happen later. A good example of this is “I took along my son, who had never had any fresh water up his nose and who had seen lily pads only from train windows” (“Once” para. 2). The audience is left asking how the trip with his son will compare to his own memories. White goes on to describe in intricate detail his memory of the lake, cabins, and scenery. He uses visual imagery to allow the audience to place themselves in the setting he has described. “White wants to emphasize the permanence of some things, or at least the memory of some things, despite the continual change that happens in the world”

E. B. White's story "Once More to the Lake" is about a man who revisits a lake from his childhood to discover that his life has lost placidity.  The man remembers his childhood as he remembers the lake; peaceful and still.  Spending time at the lake as an adult has made the man realize that his life has become unsettling and restless, like the tides of the ocean.  Having brought his son to this place of the past with him, the man makes inevitable comparisons between his own son and his childhood self, and between himself as an adult and the way he remembers his father from his childhood perspective.  The man's experience at the lake with his son is the moment he discovers his own

This line is the epitome of remembrance. We all look back on our childhood and reminisce on the joyful moments in our life. We cling on to the details, remembering what the scene smelled, tasted, and looked like. This is exactly what E.B White is portraying in his passage “Once More to the Lake.” This line is a

Authors often create texts that share common themes to teach readers importance of certain aspects and hardships of life. Theme may be expressed through an author’s use of rhetorical devices and many other contributing factors such as figurative language and repetition. The essay, “Once More to the Lake” written by E.B. White and the poem “Forgetfulness” written by Billy Collins, both contain a theme of identity loss. In “Once More to the Lake” E.B White connects to a lake at young age and when returning with his son years later is unable to identify himself. In similar theme “Forgetfulness” describes different factors of human life and everyday things being forgotten and lost. Both White and Collins use repetition and metaphors to further push the theme of identity loss throughout the texts.

Prose Comparison The short stories "Greasy Lake," by Coraghessan Boyle, and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates are very similar, mostly so when it comes to the setting and how it contributes to the story. First of all, the setting greatly affects the way the characters actions and words, in "Greasy Lake" Digby, Jeff, and the protagonist are seen as stock characters from the 1950's, thinking it was "good to be bad" (Boyle, 687). Connie, in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" could also be seen as a stock character from her era being the slightly appearance obsessed teen, "She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors" (Oates, 1). In "Greasy Lake" if the boys had not been looking for trouble they never would have mistaken the man's truck for their friends, and in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" Connie's flirtatiousness and lifestyle are what got her noticed by Arnold, and what led to her

The narrator talks about how excited he, and the rest of his family, were to finally board the plane they were taking out of the country. He remembers in brief detail “There is a photograph of my father, mother, / sister, and me going up / the steps to the plane / all smiling.” The narrator only mentions the best of the experience, excitement in more than one form. Not only would this experience sound exciting, but he also explains that his family’s expressions were filled with joy and excitement. Additionally the narrator starts describing his surroundings as dull and disappointing, especially when he talks about his living conditions. The narrator says he “discovered darkness in closets / turned hands in a boring bathroom / as the snow whorled down / pillowing the city / with soft / glass.” As he sat in the bathroom trying to study English he realized how boring his new life is now. The narrator has to stay in the bathroom to study presumably because it was the quietest room in their tiny hotel. The only new knowledge he gains is how dark the closets are and describes the snow as soft glass. He doesn’t want to talk about the snow as if it was a beautiful ice crystal which kind of hints that he is already drained of his new

“Greasy Lake” by T. C. Bolyle narrated from the perspective of an unnamed narrator, told as a reflective account of his youth. In the story, he recounts details of his experiences on a summer evening with two friends. The reader experiences the misadventures of the protagonist that night along as told from the viewpoint of the now mature narrators retrospective. Exposed in the story are two character traits of the protagonist. Those traits are immaturity and rebellion, along with the trait of introspection on the part of the narrator.

Once More To The Lake In the essay “Once more to the lake”, by E.B.white. He was trying to show his past experience when he was a little boy. And how life was back in the day First, Based in the story it mostly about a father and son go to the lake, it was his favorite place for camping such as fishing in his childhood.

E.B White, author of “Once More to the Lake” explores the dynamic relationship between father and son to convey the power of memory and the inevitable chill of mortality. The symbol of the dragonfly and the lake creates a sense of duality while introducing subtle changes throughout the essay.

Lee’s writing is littered with descriptive and flowery visuals that truly capture both the environment and his emotions. In one such case, he recalls an evening where he “[stared] at the brightest star, viewing it not so much on this night as a beacon, something [he] wanted to believe would lead [he] out of this dark tunnel, but instead as a place [he’d] rather be” (155). His juvenile wistfulness is tangible in the words and the reader can almost feel the chill of the night air. He continues, wishing to be “anywhere but here…[wishing to have] been born anywhere but here.” (155). His yearning twists the heart with sympathy for his lonesome and pitiable plight. This moment is but a minute fraction of the incredibly intimate tale that Lee

The author also makes a connection between the lake and the characters in his use of the word “nature.” Fairly early in the story Boyle explains that the characters go to the lake to “plunge into the festering murk, drink beer, smoke pot, howl at the stars” which again shows us the connection between the disgusting lake and the deviant teen boys. (125). Boyle then concludes the paragraph by saying, “This was nature,” which describes the attitudes and behaviors of the teenagers that go to the lake (125). Yet towards

Everything Lyman sees becomes a blur. To the boys, it was never about the places they’ve been or where they were headed to next. It was always about the ride and the bond between brothers. Louise displays Lyman’s thoughts of this summer by writing, “Some people hang on to details when they travel, but we didn’t let them bother us and just lived our everyday lives here and there” (par. 7). The one place that does stick out to the boys though, helps show the biggest contrast between Henry pre-war and post-war. It showed the reader just how laid back and calm Henry was. He could lie under the willows forever, as still as a