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    Once More to the Lake The essay “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White was about a man who had a great sense of nostalgia after he reminisces old childhood memories of a lake in Maine. The author begins to feel a sense of immortality and is in denial of the fact that he’s not a child anymore. He begins to realize that we cannot relive or recreate our childhood‚ only visit the locations it took place. Throughout White’s essay‚ he begins to convey his confused and deniable emotional roller coaster

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    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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    After reading all of the descriptive essays I found that I liked the “Once More to the Lake “By E.B White. His essay is easily readable and his diction is simplistic. His descriptions and imagery include Whites past and present memories. The narration is first person through the eyes and voice of the author. On the other hand I feel that his theme is more elusive. This retrospection allows the reader to slip behind the wall of time and memories to watch a son and father enjoy the America dream a

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    In “Kim Wilde” by Marjan Satrapi and “Once More to The Lake” by E.B. White‚ both are getting something from their families that satisfies them eventually. In both stories that have been written in narrative format‚ we determine the importance of families on the children’s feelings and perspectives over the time. At the end of both stories‚ the change of perspective of the narrators is obvious. The stories have similarities but‚ they have significant differences. In “Kim Wilde” we see that the family

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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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    "Reading Response‚ “Once More to the LakeOnce More to the Lake by‚ E.B. White. Was a story about a father who wanted his son to experience the camp on the lake in Main that his father took him to as a child every summer on the first of August every summer. White referred to this lake as the “holy spot”. I think White referred to this lake as the “holy spot” because of the pure untouched beauty that nature must offer. The lake is place that no man can touch or change‚ the lake is peaceful‚ quiet

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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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    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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    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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    Whether it is counting the number of birthdays you have in your lifetime or the number of times you have traveled to a certain place‚ every experience is unique from the previous. It is shown clearly in “Once More to the Lake” by E.B White‚ where he asserts that “There had been no years between the ducking of this dragonfly and the other one - the one that was part of memory. I looked at the boy‚ who was silently watching his fly‚ and it was my hands that held his rod‚ my eyes watching. I felt dizzy

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