Childhood Memories

Returning to a place where one once experienced an event after several years, allows for the regeneration of memories specifically those from childhood. The article “Once More to the Lake” written by E.B. White, is about a man, now grown up, who goes back to the lake he and his Dad visited every summer when he was a child. Now, as a father himself, he ventures back with his own son. The stage it set for a trip down memory lane, filled with reminiscing about one owns childhood, as the sights, sounds and smells of the woods bring back fond memories. Although time has elapsed and the times may have changed in regard to the setting, the memory of how it felt to be a child exploring the lake and nearby surroundings has not. Therefore, E.B. …show more content…
Children are free from pressing commitments and deadlines so summer in their eyes is endless. Happy memories of childhood, such as summer remind us of a child’s innocence and the freedom to be carefree as when we were young. In addition, this idea of time seeming endless is also seen when E. B. White writes about the lake always being in the same place, the same distance from the dock. In the context of the piece this also shows how time is at the essence seeming to linger out. Although this piece written in the article is from the point of view of the child grown up, it flashbacks to how things were when the adult was a child and for a few brief moments, time stands still. Similarly, the ideas of summer seeming endless and time standing still can be compared to one’s own life. For example, as a young child, I always enjoyed my summers spent on the lake, with my Aunt Mary and Uncle Jim, similar to the man going to lake every summer as a child in the article. Time always seemed to stand still as I occupied myself swimming, fishing and playing games. Specifically, As