Once More To The Lake Analysis

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Once more to the lake"

Author shares his personal experiences and childhood memories of the multiple summers he spent on the lake with his family in Maine.

This personal essay is highly emotional, as author, E. B. White struggles to find his (role in life/place in the world) after revisiting a special 'holy spot' with his son

Time - comparison of what things used to be, and what they are today
Linking the past with the present

The lake - white's detailed descriptions-everything is the 'same' - timelessness/stability

White- Lives vicariously through someone else (his son) - behavior - son is doing the same things he did as a young boy

Narrator struggles with his role - 'dual existence' - recalls things he did when he was a young