E.B White in paragraph 10 of “Once more to the Lake.” appeals to sound in order to elicit a melancholy tone to showcase his own mortality. In the passage White reminisces on the trips and activities him and his father would take, but his daydreams would often be interrupted by ,“ the note that jarred the one thing that would sometimes break the illusion and set the years moving”. All his memories have become dreams to him, the breaking of illusion reminds White the difference between the past, and the present. The deceptive appearances also show Whites eagerness for his youth. The once familiar sound of the motor boats had changed, replaced now with, “an unfamiliar nervous sound”. The idea of modernization challenges Whites one sense of self
