Once More to the Lak: Methods and Strategy

His passion for the lake

His passion for the lake is profoundly embedded in the way he communicates the inner and broader emotions that come from the heart by his words. The way he recalls little things and the fact that he finds improvements from the last time he was at the pool. The points of reference that White employs, as well as each thorough explanation of the encounters, draw back fond memories of his childhood. Going out with his son for fishing exemplifies his passion even more. He associates with previous encounters, which reinforces these facts. The small waves were the same, chucking the rowboat under the chin as we fished at anchor, and the boat was the same boat, the same color green and the ribs broken in the same places, and under the floorboards, the same fresh water leavings and debris – the dead hell-grammite, the wisps of moss, the rusty discarded fishhook, the dried blood from yesterday’s catch (White 198-199).

Thunderstorm and the fear of change

Thunderstorm is associated with fear, tension. It marks the error of change the downing of reality for Mr. White as he notes he no longer have the chills he used to have when he was a kid. The confusion of identity finally settles in, he understand the cycle has undertaken its course and he is a subject of it. It all sinks in as he watches his son also undertake the path to maturity as he himself is approaching his horizon of demise “I watched him, his hard little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin felt the chill of death” (White , 202). This story is a master piece of art definitely.

Works Cited

eNotes. "Once More to the Lake." 13 November 2010. eNotes.Com. 20 November 2017 .

White, E. B. "Once More to the Lake." Essays of E.B White (1997): 197-202.