Summary Of Once More To The Lake

Writing, is an argument for something, in this short paper we will look at Whites argument in Once more to the lake. Going through and reading this paper you think its about a father talking about old memories and going fishing with his boy. This story is much more then that, this story starts off with a father looking back on childhood memories of going to the lake with his father and fishing and swimming in a lake the story goes on then to talk about that summer after summer he would return. He then goes on to state that he is a salt-water man, but sometimes in summer there are days when the restlessness of the tides and the fearful cold of the sea water. He wishes that he could return to the lake. What he really is feeling is not to return
He is trying to live through his son. When he was fishing he looks over at his son and remembers when it was his hands that held his rod, his eyes watching the dragon fly. The lake is timeless, it hasn't changed since the last time he was there. As times change things become more advanced when White went to the lake as a boy it was relaxing but now the sound of the place, was unfamiliar because he remembers the sound of twin-cylinder engines that purred and had a quiet sound. unlike the outboard motors that he hears now that make a irritable noise. That noise would break the illusion of timelessness and set the years moving. As the story progresses the thunderstorm towards the end seems to symbolize the washing away of the old for the new. meaning that White had his fun and now its time for a younger generation to make their own memories. The story states multiple times when he is laying on his bed he is reminiscing on his childhood. He remembers how excited everyone was when they got to camp but now people just quietly pull in and there is no fuss. The ending leaves much to question with the line (As he buckled the swollen belt suddenly my groin felt the chill of