Once More To The Lake Summary
A Summary of “Once More to the Lake”
Jason Mraz
Eng 101
Essay#1- Revision
In his essay "Once More to the Lake", E.B. White shares the story of reliving his childhood memories of going to a lake in Maine. As an adult, E.B. White lives by the ocean and has a love for the salt water, but every so often he get the urge to revisit the lake he knew as a child. One day that desire was strong enough to motivate him to take his son to the same place his father had taken him so many times before. Upon arriving to the lake, White anticipates the changes that may have taken place since his last visit many years ago. During his vacation White notices that although the arrival to the lake was different, as well as …show more content…
The path to the lake was not the only one that had changed through the years. Walking to dinner on a path leading by the tennis courts White notices there were no longer three tracks in the road, but two. There used to be a middle track that was made by the horses pulling the carriages of people to dinner at the restaurant. Now, the path no longer was one for horses. Also, the store’s parking lot used to be dirt and gravel, but is now paved for customers driving their cars to buy “manufactured drinks” rather than the root beer and birch beer White would buy when he was a child. Change was expected by E.B. White, but the one change he did not enjoy was the motor boats cruising across the water of the lake. Their newer designs with the outboard motors were unsettling to White and disturbed the peacefulness of the lake. The older boats had an inboard motor which was a much softer, relaxing sound which aided in the relaxation of a summer vacation. Even the way the boats were operated had changed as well. The older boats were not equipped with reverse, so landing the boat at the dock required a more sense of confidence, so you didn 't crash into the dock with a speedy
Jason Mraz
Eng 101
Essay#1- Revision
In his essay "Once More to the Lake", E.B. White shares the story of reliving his childhood memories of going to a lake in Maine. As an adult, E.B. White lives by the ocean and has a love for the salt water, but every so often he get the urge to revisit the lake he knew as a child. One day that desire was strong enough to motivate him to take his son to the same place his father had taken him so many times before. Upon arriving to the lake, White anticipates the changes that may have taken place since his last visit many years ago. During his vacation White notices that although the arrival to the lake was different, as well as …show more content…
The path to the lake was not the only one that had changed through the years. Walking to dinner on a path leading by the tennis courts White notices there were no longer three tracks in the road, but two. There used to be a middle track that was made by the horses pulling the carriages of people to dinner at the restaurant. Now, the path no longer was one for horses. Also, the store’s parking lot used to be dirt and gravel, but is now paved for customers driving their cars to buy “manufactured drinks” rather than the root beer and birch beer White would buy when he was a child. Change was expected by E.B. White, but the one change he did not enjoy was the motor boats cruising across the water of the lake. Their newer designs with the outboard motors were unsettling to White and disturbed the peacefulness of the lake. The older boats had an inboard motor which was a much softer, relaxing sound which aided in the relaxation of a summer vacation. Even the way the boats were operated had changed as well. The older boats were not equipped with reverse, so landing the boat at the dock required a more sense of confidence, so you didn 't crash into the dock with a speedy