Once more to the lake by E. B, White is an easily readable piece and his diction is simplistic. His life story includes descriptionns and well explained imagery of white’s past and present memories which makes it easy to read and understand. In this piece, you can also see that the author is suceesful in creating an interesting and moving piece aboout memory. White’s theme is some how more illusive. In his retrospectio, you can see how he explains memories of how a son and father live the American dream, a vacation. Also, you can see how he uses short sentences to descripe his past and present memories. He also uses repetition to emphasize the feelings he his experiences at the lake. Recalling back on childhood memories, the author remember …show more content…
takiubg a summer vacation with his family. This event some how forces White to lookback on hhis childhood relationship with his father. white also realises that some things can never be change regardless of how much time pass by. Him and his son had live near the same dock by the lake, the author reveals that, there were no years that had gone by despite everything that had happen. "This seemed an utterly enchanted sea, this lake you could leave to its own devices for a few hours and come back to, and find that it had not stirred, this constant and trustworthy body of water" (98).
He gives the lake human qualities (constant, enchanted, trustworthy). he finds all these qualities admirable because they remimd him of his own childhood with his father. He treasures this experience and now that he has an opporutnity to share his story, he is very delighted.
Growing up, i remeber taking similar trips. To relate with white’s piece, I notice the details each year we visited these places. i sometimes alway notice the changes in the envuronment and sneries. Taking family trips is time to spend with loves ones, just as White spent with his. This makes me hope someday i would also waant to take my children to this places as white did. I also love how White vividly expresses his love for nature and his emotions regarding this lake. I also like how white notices miniscule details which makes me understand he paid attention to every bit of the trip and enjoyed his time spent with his family. Similarly to Whiite, i am very much in a strong relationship with nature. it reminds me of how small i am on and as compared to the earth. He also said, "There had been jollity and peace and goodness" (98). You can tell he appreciates all his past and presnt memories. Reading this makes me want to visit this lake. His writiing is soothing and sort of hypnotizing. the way he
puts his pieces together make me want to experince all the natural forces he is describing.
In the essay “Once More to the Lake,” E.B. White, uses diction and syntax to reveal the main character’s attitude towards the lake in Maine. He has an uncertain attitude towards the lake throughout the essay because he is unsure of who he is between him and his son. On the ride there White, pondering, remembering old memories, keeps wondering if the lake is going to be the same warm place as it was when he was a kid. The lake is not just an ordinary lake to White, it’s a holy spot, a spot where he grew up every summer. “I wondered how time would have marred this unique, this holy spot-the coves and streams, the hills that the sun set behind, the camps and the paths behind the camps” (29). White’s diction and syntax
Nature has a powerful way of portraying good vs. bad, which parallels to the same concept intertwined with human nature. In the story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the author portrays this through the use of a lake by demonstrating its significance and relationship to the characters. At one time, the Greasy Lake was something of beauty and cleanliness, but then came to be the exact opposite. Through his writing, Boyle demonstrates how the setting can be a direct reflection of the characters and the experiences they encounter.
The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has, completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly different standpoint as the story progresses. As his tale begins, the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or “bad character”. He believes he is invincible. There is nobody as cool as he is or as dangerous as him and his friends are. With his followers, the narrator goes to Greasy Lake, he takes in the nature that surrounds him. He thinks of himself to be a kid who knows everything. To him, the lake represents a night of misbehavior and partying. The unhealthy, treacherous atmosphere of Greasy Lake is alluring, fun, and exciting to someone as threatening as he is. “We went up to the lake because everyone went there, because we wanted to snuff the rich sent of possibility on the breeze, watch a girl take off her clothes and plunge into the festering murk, drink beer, smoke pot, howl at the stars, savor the incongruous full-throated roar of rock and roll against the primeval susurrus of frogs and crickets. This was nature.” This quote gives a clear idea of what the narrators perception of what not only nature is, but of what the world is. He lives to have fun. He is fearless and lives for the moment. All that life is to him is sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
In ?Greasy Lake,? water is a powerful entity. The lake works to reveal the true nature of the narrator and his friends. Water is in itself the most influential character of the story. It submerges the protagonist, both physically and metaphorically, in his own mentality. The lake serves as a great equalizer. It creates and resolves conflict, all to force the narrator to confront his weakness and reveal his strength.
Throughout the essay, White reminisces his past experience at the lake where he recalls what it felt like to think about girls and how quiet the steamboat ran on the still water while boys would play mandolins and girls would sing (White). These memories allow White to compare his past with the way things are in the present. He realizes that things are slightly more advanced, such as the loudness of the new motorboats. While White notices the slight changes in the environment, he encounters a dual existence where it
His character showed a longing for an absolute meaning of love and happiness. In order to find the absolute meaning, the creature experienced sufferings. I think that he was able to realize what is true love, and what is real happiness because of Karloff’s advice: “Underwater, my friend. Water is your natural milieu” (Bailey). Because the Creature is similar to a human, I can understand his feelings which made me feel that I am part of the story.
The story describes the protagonist who is coming of age as torn between the two worlds which he loves equally, represented by his mother and his father. He is now mature and is reflecting on his life and the difficulty of his childhood as a fisherman. Despite becoming a university professor and achieving his father’s dream, he feels lonely and regretful since, “No one waits at the base of the stairs and no boat rides restlessly in the waters of the pier” (MacLeod 261). Like his father, the narrator thinks about what his life could have been like if he had chosen another path. Now, with the wisdom and experience that comes from aging and the passing of time, he is trying to make sense of his own life and accept that he could not please everyone. The turmoil in his mind makes the narrator say, “I wished that the two things I loved so dearly did not exclude each other in a manner that was so blunt and too clear” (MacLeod 273). Once a decision is made, it is sometimes better to leave the past and focus on the present and future. The memories of the narrator’s family, the boat and the rural community in which he spent the beginning of his life made the narrator the person who he is today, but it is just a part of him, and should not consume his present.
In the beginning we find the family and its surrogate son, Homer, enjoying the fruits of the summer. Homer wakes to find Mrs. Thyme sitting alone, “looking out across the flat blue stillness of the lake”(48). This gives us a sense of the calm, eternal feeling the lake presents and of Mrs. Thyme’s appreciation of it. Later, Fred and Homer wildly drive the motor boat around the lake, exerting their boyish enthusiasm. The lake is unaffected by the raucous fun and Homer is pleased to return to shore and his thoughts of Sandra. Our protagonist observes the object of his affection, as she interacts with the lake, lazily resting in the sun. The lake provides the constant, that which has always been and will always be. As in summers past, the preacher gives his annual sermon about the end of summer and a prayer that they shall all meet again. Afterward, Homer and Fred take a final turn around the lake only to see a girl who reminds Homer of Sandra. “And there was something in the way that she raised her arm which, when added to the distant impression of her fullness, beauty, youth, filled him with longing as their boat moved inexorably past…and she disappeared behind a crop of trees.
Within the essay “Once More to the Lake”, E.B. notes that “I bought myself a couple of bass hooks… returned to the lake… to revisit old haunts… When the others went swimming my son said he was going in… As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin left the chill of death (White 464). The essay “Once More to the Lake” brings a significant amount of attention towards the author’s attempt to secure personal satisfaction. It becomes quite obvious in the first few paragraphs, that the main character is on this vacation with his son, to recreate the careless feeling he use to have while vacationing with his dad as a child. Even though E.B. does not come out clearly and say it, the author is chasing some type of nostalgic feeling he clearly needs to feel better about life. On each page, White uses comparison and contrast to explain to the reader how the trip resembles the one he use to experience with his dad. By the end of the reading, the father begins to realize his vacation trip with his son will never be the same as the one he has dreamt about. He is no longer a child who can only notice the positive components of life. At this point, the father is an adult who will never have the innocence he once clung too. It takes some reflection for him to finally realize his place as a father in the situation. Comparison and contrast displays the idea that even though everything may look the same, it does not mean it feels the same. This mode rhetoric reflects back to the theme at the end of essay, as it concludes the author’s failed attempt to find some satisfaction from the
Richard Wagamese, the author of Indian Horse, uses imagery to convey the emotional state of being of Saul. Wagamese uses detailed descriptive language to entail the peace and reminiscence Saul feels at God’s Lake to the reader. Wagamese writes Saul’s experience re-visiting God’s Lake on page two hundred four as “The smell in the air was rich and earthy, with a wisp of swamp and bog. Dying things and living things together. The air was filled with birdsong. I broke through the trees fifty yards from the foot of the cliff. As I knelt on the stone beach, gazing up at the cliff, the clouds as its upper edge moved as though it was a living being, breathing.” Saul goes back to God’s Lake to understand his roots and happy memories once again. He finds peace within himself and nature. Wagamese conveys Saul’s feelings of nostalgia and peace of being close to his peoples’ land by describing each breathtaking experience he had while taking in his surroundings. The reader feels as though they have been taken into the scene and are taking in the same awe of nature Saul is experiencing. Wagamese also uses imagery to describe the regretful feelings Saul has while departing from the Kellys’ home. On page one hundred seventy-nine Wagamese describes Saul’s regretful departure as “ I stood in the kitchen and looked out to where the boards of the backyard rink sat in the pale
Anything that might reflect permanence is a mirage. The foreshadowing in this piece has an electric and chilling way of getting to E.B. White. The first example of foreshadowing is the storm.The thunderstorm represents death. Thunderstorms are usually a sign of a bad omen in literature. As White is describing the thunderstorm, the dynamic of being near the lake suddenly changes. “Then the kettle drum, then the snare, then the bass drum and cymbals, then crackling light against the dark, and the gods grinning and licking their chops in the hills,”(#4). The musical imagery reflect a symphony of sound. When the storm is finally over, White's son decides to go swimming.“ As he buckled the swollen belt suddenly my groin felt the chill of death,” (4). The chill that White gets is the realization of death. He realizes then and there that death is inevitable and accepts his mortality, but looking back on the lake he finds joy and hope. The lake is where his memories were made and they cleanse and heal
In “Once More to the Lake,” E.B. White expresses a sense of wonder when he revisits a place that has significant memories. Upon revisiting the lake he once knew so well, White realizes that even though things in his life have changed, namely he is now the father returning with his son, the lake still remains the same. Physically being back at the lake, White faces an internal process of comparing his memory of the lake as a child, to his experience with his son. Throughout this reflection, White efficiently uses imagery, repetition, and tone to enhance his essay.
In E.B. Whites essay "Once More to the Lake," he states "none of us ever thought there was any place in the world like that lake in Maine." This adds to the because he obviously had a great time by becoming a salt-water man, and returning to the lake summer after summer. Another detail E.B. White gave about the lake is "The lake had never been what you would call a wild lake." I believe he's saying the lake is a peaceful place to maybe relax or hang out. Another detail E.B. White gave about his essay was "The lake was exactly where we had left it, the same number of inches from the dock." In my opinion, he's saying the undisturbed lake never goes out of it's own boundaries; the lake stays put.
As one gets older, memories that were once remembered in vivid detail are often forgotten, leaving behind only sadness, and the fragments of memories. The poem “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins demonstrates just that. “Once More to the Lake”, an essay by E.B. White discusses the idea of forgetting, as well. Both pieces contain a common theme of the sadness of forgetting once cherished memories.Therefore, both pieces use diction and syntax to show the sadness of forgetting old memories.
Being invited to a friend’s house the other day, I began to get excited about the journey through the woods to their cabin. The cabin, nestled back in the woods overlooking a pond, is something that you would dream about. There is a winding trail that takes you back in the woods were their cabin sits. The cabin sits on top of a mountain raised up above everything, as if it was sitting on the clouds.