He and his son are the only two tracks remaining. In conclusion, the three important people in the essay “Once More to the Lake,” by E.B. White are the author, his son, and his father. In my opinion the author represents a bond between old and new, the son represents the author as a child, and the father represents death. The experience that White has at the lake with his son is one that he will never forget.
Accepting mortality as an inevitable part of life is an obstacle that every must undertake at some time in his or her life. Author E.B. White encounters such a struggle in his essay “Once More to the Lake”, in which he recalls taking his son to a lake retreat in Maine that his father took him to every first week of August in his youth. During the trip, White sees the lake through his son’s eyes but notices variations in the environment as a result of time. He begins to feel more like his father as he watches his son, but has trouble accepting that he, just like the lake, is changing and aging as time passes on.
He had been so busy having fun he completely forgot to apply the sunscreen his mother had packed for him in his bag. By the 3rd day of camp, Bobby noticed his skin was turning red, and very painful to the touch. He had also been sweating quite a bit more than normal, and he was very tired. This was not normal for Bobby who was normally full of energy, and although his skin hurt, he was determined not to let it ruin his fun. On the fourth day, he and the other children were out for a canoeing excursion on the lake, and one of the kids in his canoe jokingly began
Second, White mentions many of the things he would do at the lake as a child and so these are the things his son also loves to do. Everything he sees his son do makes it seem as if the son was he. A lot of the times White gets confused because he is not sure which shoes he’s in. For example, they go fishing and White says, “I felt dizzy and didn’t know which rod I was at the end of.” This reminds him of what he used to do at the lake
White talks about the experience as a child camp out with his father in 1904 on the lake in Maine. During this White gets the great state of mind that he one time had as a child camp out and determined to release them again. “I took along my son, who had never had any fresh water up his nose who had seen lily pads only from train windows” (White 724). White is now a father and has a child and he decided to take his son to the lake as his father did to him. He keeps reminding the memories that he shared with father, and since he cannot go back to his childhood he teaching his son to follow the same path as he did.
His heart had hardened as well.” Stanley was not the skinniest of all boys and digging all day in the excruciating heat would have been tough for poor Stanley. Over time he toned up and became physically stronger. Also all the pressure on him mentally would have been tough. He gained great persistence having to push through and keep digging all day. Camp Green Lake changes everyone, and not necessarily for the best.
Kiley was exposed to an unspeakable event at such a young age and does the only thing his immature mind could muster up. Sadly, the baby water buffalo was the recipient of Kiley’s misplaced anger. He was not angry at the water buffalo, he was letting his anger out so he could essentially function better in the war. This is significant because the war did not allow Kiley to properly mourn Lemon’s death. Rat was unable to sit with his thoughts and the only emotion that comes out is he had was physical.
The “earliest recollection” of the father is filled with imagery such as “stubble of his cheek” and “ sound …boots galumphing along”. The lifestyle of his father still haunts the narrator still as he automatically wakes at four believing that he’s making his father wait, however he then realizes that his father is no longer there and he is “foolishly alone.” Salt is infused with the memory of the narrator’s father due to the amount of time he spent in the sea. The father “smelled of salt” and “tasted of salt.” The narrator placed his father on a pedestal and cannot deal with his
As we know, Wes Hayden is one of the main characters in the story Montana 1948. By making very big decisions, he undergoes a big character change throughout the story. Wes Hayden, having grown up as the “Other Son” in his father’s eyes, has developed a good and rightful sense of justice through a bad example, his father Julian. Although he is said to be inexperienced, Wes has developed this sense of right judgment through the learning experience of life and his daily job. He is a victim of favoritism, and because of never being the one with the attention he has learned not to be like his bad father and his brother by teaching himself what is right in others eyes, not the eyes of his dad.
Although Gene almost falls off, Finney catches him and saves Gene’s life, but he “practically lost it” too (Knowles 33). Similarly, Neil is the one to show Mr. Keating his old yearbook since everyone else wouldn’t do it. Because Neil showed him it, they found out about the Dead Poets’ Society, which leads Mr. Keating to lose his job. Since Finney and Neil are so sure what they want to do, it is impossible for them to comprehend what other people want as well. For example, Finney is so confident in himself, that he wears a pink shirt that makes him “look like a fairy,” and he talks boldly about