How to Live Life In E. B. White’s “Once More to the Lake”, White describes the tale of his trip to a familiar lake he went to with his son. Since White also grew up at that lake, he experiences moments of déjà vu. The theme of “Once More to the Lake” is written through the author’s tone, his literary devices, and the similarity to “What are Homosexuals For?” Throughout “Once More to the Lake” White’s tone is consistently anxious (Tone Vocab…). Although, at the beginning White seems nonchalant about his trip, or he could also be described excited, about spending this vacation with his son. White writes, “On the journey over to the lake I began to wonder what it would be like…this unique, this holy spot…” (White, 1) The use of diction describing
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B. White uses repetition in his selection to emphasize the theme. Throughout “Once More to the Lake” White repeats the word same. The word same is essential to his case since it describes the moments White experiences déjà vu. He states, ”The small waves were the same… the same boat, the same color green…the same place…” (White, 2) At these moments in White’s selection, he is emphasizing the similarities between the trips to the lake in his childhood with the trip then with his son. White also repeats the instances he is trapped in the ‘illusion’, the experiences of déjà vu. In one illusion, his dreams were disrupted by, “… an unfamiliar nervous sound of the outboard motors.” (White, 4) Another literary device White uses is imagery. In the previous quote, White used the description of the motorboats to explain that since his child self didn’t have that sound of nervousness it was, “the only thing that would sometimes break the illusion…” White also writes about the diner where nothing had changed either, except, “…more Coca-Cola and not so much Moxie and root beer and birch beer and sarsaparilla.” (White, 4-5) The images of these differences connected White back to the present, keeping him out of the past. The use of repetition and imagery both explain the theme of the
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B. White uses repetition in his selection to emphasize the theme. Throughout “Once More to the Lake” White repeats the word same. The word same is essential to his case since it describes the moments White experiences déjà vu. He states, ”The small waves were the same… the same boat, the same color green…the same place…” (White, 2) At these moments in White’s selection, he is emphasizing the similarities between the trips to the lake in his childhood with the trip then with his son. White also repeats the instances he is trapped in the ‘illusion’, the experiences of déjà vu. In one illusion, his dreams were disrupted by, “… an unfamiliar nervous sound of the outboard motors.” (White, 4) Another literary device White uses is imagery. In the previous quote, White used the description of the motorboats to explain that since his child self didn’t have that sound of nervousness it was, “the only thing that would sometimes break the illusion…” White also writes about the diner where nothing had changed either, except, “…more Coca-Cola and not so much Moxie and root beer and birch beer and sarsaparilla.” (White, 4-5) The images of these differences connected White back to the present, keeping him out of the past. The use of repetition and imagery both explain the theme of the