Summary Of Once More To The Lake By E. B White

E.B White’s story about “Once More to the Lake” describes intimate details of his experiences as a child visiting the lake for 1 month every August growing up. His use of long, poetic comprehensive sentences, with elaborate particulars gives the reader a thorough sense of his experiences. The time he takes to illustrate the smells and sounds gives the writing great meaning and holds the readers interest. The details he uses to elaborate on the sound of the inboard and outboard motors provide stunning descriptions. For instance, White indicates that “in the daytime, in the hot mornings, these motors made a petulant, irritable sound (White, 99). The reader doesn’t have to imagine what it would sound like, by using the specific words irritable sound, most people can correlate that type of sound to

This quote reminds me of summers on the lake with my family, the smell, the woods, and the many hide-n-go seek games we played. The smell of sunscreen, laughing with friends and family, and every time I return to the lake, it reminds me of all those smells and sensations. For Perrin’s writings, I enjoyed the quote “Then there’s my relation to cars. I am completely un-embarrassed by my inability to diagnose even minor problems”, (Perrin, 244). It is generally assumed that the majority of men should have working knowledge of vehicles, and how to fix them or be born as mechanically inclined. Although, American popular culture has changed, this stereotype still applies. Why is that, and how does it not change? Or am I off base, and that stereotype doesn’t exist? I enjoy the quote because he states he is un-embarrassed by his inabilities, and by stating this fact, he is acknowledging his shortcomings. But don’t we all have short-comings, but they should not be categorized as feminine or masculine in