September 31‚ 2012 Once More to the Lake In this story the author relives his childhood memories on a lake in Maine where his father used to take him and his siblings. In the story the author has moments where he “seemed to be living in dual existence” where he sees himself as his son and sees himself being his father at the same time. The author says “I would be in the middle of a simple act‚ I would be picking up a bait box‚ or laying down a table fork‚ or I would be saying something‚ and suddenly
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E.B. White’s essay "Once More to the Lake" is a very well written piece of writing. That being saidI will first start breaking down the main points and different parts of this essay by discussing the more broad subject of his structure. Most of the essay is written about the present but he jumps periodically to his past. He uses this effect as a comparison between the past and the present. It shows mostly how his son is just like he was‚ but at the same time his son can be different. For instance
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Summary of once more to the lake 유정정 불어불문학과 201513104 From 1904‚E.B WHITE‚his father‚would take him to a lake called “Maine” every August’s months‚they lived in a camp where there had a lake‚here ‚he had become a “salt-water man” (White‚1) and he and his father have had a wonderful time here. After in August 1936‚his father had died ‚up to 1941‚the author decide to revisit “Maine” with his son
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In White’s essay‚ Once More to the Lake‚ he conveys his attitudes towards the week spent at the camp by giving concrete and specific languae. The personal and autobiographical source of the essay is authenticated by these methods. These fundamental ideas emerge as White compares his memories of the lake with his experience upon revisiting it with his son. The multiple points of comparison and the language he uses to describe them is‚ once again‚ concrete and specific. White’s description of the
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E.B. White’s "Once More to the Lake‚" essay is a reflection upon a family experience he had beside his favorite childhood area. Even though the essay takes places while he is in his older years‚ it focuses more on his childhood state with his father at the same location. White uses a myriad of rhetorical devices in his essay that paints a picture and puts you directly into the story. Not only did White use numerous rhetorical devices‚ but he combined rhetorical methods to bring his past to our present
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In Elwyn Brooks White’s essay “Once More to the Lake” we learn about a trip‚ that the author took with his son to a lake in Maine. The lake is very sentimental to White because his father brought him to very same lake as a child. During E. B. White’s trip to the lake with his son‚ he is able to compare and contrast what he sees to experiences from his time at the lake. Some of these experiences led White to believe that he was experiencing events from different family member’s lives. This leads
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A Critique of Once More to the Lake Your Name Class Year A critique of “White‚ E. B. “Once More to the Lake”. The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Solutions. 2011. 298-303. Print A critique of Once More to the Lake‚ E. B. White‚ text. The main idea is that many people reflect on their past lives and experiences when their past mirror their children present. The author achieves
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Once More to the Lake E.B. White‚ The author of “Once More to the Lake” argues that after returning to the lake with his son after many years or generations of visiting the lake with his own father bought back historic memories. One very important aspect or main idea of E.B. White story is concerning the passing of time and changes that it brings to him and his son while visiting the lake. He very much recalls and remembers his childhood at the lake with his father as an “infinitely precious and
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A Summary of “Once More to the Lake” Jason Mraz Eng 101 Essay#1- Revision In his essay "Once More to the Lake"‚ E.B. White shares the story of reliving his childhood memories of going to a lake in Maine. As an adult‚ E.B. White lives by the ocean and has a love for the salt water‚ but every so often he get the urge to revisit the lake he knew as a child. One day that desire was strong enough to motivate him to take his son to the same place his father had taken
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An Analysis of E.B Whites‚ “Once More to the Lake” In E.B Whites essay‚ “Once More to the Lake” he reflects on his summer outing with his son. Throughout the trip‚ memories of his childhood‚ long forgotten‚ resurface themselves as he experiences the same vacation with his own son. These memories create in him a feeling as if time has not changed and that he is reliving his old days. His father used to take him to the same camping spot as a boy. He was certain that there would be changes since
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