A Brief Comparison Of Once More On The Lake And The Little Store

A comparison of the "The Little Store" and "Once More on the Lake" that shows the similarities and differences of each short story. White's "Once More on the Lake" reflects his experiences he had in the past and also what lies ahead in the future. Eudora Welty's "The Little Store" retells stories of her childhood on her many trips to the store for her mother when they couldn’t get something delivered to their home. White's "Once More on the Lake" and Welty's "The Little Store" both have similar themes to their short stories and also the them of death. Both White and Welty's short stories also have a bit of contrast to one another. A comparison of the "The Little Store" and "Once More on the Lake" that shows the similarities and differences

Welty uses various senses to paint the picture of the store. "-licorice recently sucked in a child's cheek, dill-pickle brine that had leaked through a paper sack in a fresh trail across the wooden floor, ammonia loaded ice that had been hoisted from wet cracker sacks and slammed into the icebox with its sweet butter at the door, and perhaps the smell of still-untrapped mice." (Welty, 149) she goes into vivid detail describing the various smells as you enter the store. This type of sensory imagery makes you remember your own experiences going into a store filled with treats. As a child Welty was naïve and is scolded by her parents for making a song up about a little boy named Lindsey who died of influenza. Welty finds out later on that the Mr. Sessions store is run by him and his family.She never noticed this fact because she was always distracted by the aromas and treats in the store. Sometime later on Welty finds out tragedy struck the Session family but couldn't figure out what. When she would ask they would tell here "until the time comes for you to know." (Welty, 153) It was then that Welty learned the "facts of life or death." (Welty,

In Whites case he uses a detailed sense of smell "how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods, whose scent entered through the screen." (White, 1) to get the reader to imagine the cabin he and his father stayed at. In Welty's story she also uses a sense of smell to get the point across of the various smells in the little store "-licorice recently sucked in a child's cheek, dill-pickle brine that had leaked through a paper sack in a fresh trail across the wooden floor, ammonia loaded ice that had been hoisted from wet cracker sacks and slammed into the icebox with its sweet butter at the door, and perhaps the smell of still-untrapped mice." (Welty, 149) The point of view in both short stories is when they were a child. Welty was just a child when she would visit the store and White was just a child when he would visit the lake. In comparison they used first person to retell their experiences and make you fell close to the characters. The tone used in White's story begins happily but soon when a thunderstorm hits it turns into a sense of foreboding. Welty's tone is similar to White's the same way that it went from a happy story to a bit gloomy and foreboding. The main theme of both stories is about the cycle of life and death. In "Once More on the Lake" White doesn't experience death first hand but realizes that time has passed and