Marsha Kassa
Gray
AP Lang
October 15,2015
White’s Recognition of Life Complication
In E.B. White’s essay “Once More to the Lake”, the lakes serves as White’s past and present, and is a reflection of life’s complexity. The essay follows a trail of memories as he and his son come to the lake. While the lake remains unchanged, White will not, and in the end he realizes a fundamental of life: death. The lake is a “dual existence” spending time with his son, and he becomes lost in the setting. White has a difficult time distinguishing himself to his son. This emerges as his compares he childhood memories with the experience he has with his son. Towards the end of the essay use personification, repetition, and metaphors to help him realize although the lake seem …show more content…
Everything remains the same despite the passage of time. White’s belief that time did not pass indicates that time seems to change nothing. The lake to White looks like it did not age. All his memories are replayed. The word “mirage” use as a metaphor as his illusion to his past memories. It represents the nostalgic mood of the essay. Later, 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” (452). The repetition the phase “there had been no years” hints that time repeats itself. The lake is initially as he remembers, back in his youth. By looking at his son, it reminds him that he is not a child anymore. White states, “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 and didn’t know which rod I was at the end of” (452). The term “dizzy” and how White does know which rod is which emphasize that this is a reflection of
Gray
AP Lang
October 15,2015
White’s Recognition of Life Complication
In E.B. White’s essay “Once More to the Lake”, the lakes serves as White’s past and present, and is a reflection of life’s complexity. The essay follows a trail of memories as he and his son come to the lake. While the lake remains unchanged, White will not, and in the end he realizes a fundamental of life: death. The lake is a “dual existence” spending time with his son, and he becomes lost in the setting. White has a difficult time distinguishing himself to his son. This emerges as his compares he childhood memories with the experience he has with his son. Towards the end of the essay use personification, repetition, and metaphors to help him realize although the lake seem …show more content…
Everything remains the same despite the passage of time. White’s belief that time did not pass indicates that time seems to change nothing. The lake to White looks like it did not age. All his memories are replayed. The word “mirage” use as a metaphor as his illusion to his past memories. It represents the nostalgic mood of the essay. Later, 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” (452). The repetition the phase “there had been no years” hints that time repeats itself. The lake is initially as he remembers, back in his youth. By looking at his son, it reminds him that he is not a child anymore. White states, “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 and didn’t know which rod I was at the end of” (452). The term “dizzy” and how White does know which rod is which emphasize that this is a reflection of