Reading Journal: "Once More to the Lake" E.B. White

1).E.B. White was able to recall events that happened in the past.He not only talked about personal events,White also talked about all his observations.He writes about what he smells,see's,and the sounds that he comes across.White is able to express how he feels as well. E.B. is very specific about everything he says because it has a meaning behind it. E.B. White's ability to recreate the setting is what makes "Once More to the Lake" a strong narrative.

2)Observations on the present,in comparison to the past work the most effectively in the narrative.White makes observations about objects,animals,people and the sceneries. If one read carefully,you would see that E.B. White felt the lake in Maine never changed. Physically,everything is the same. He comes back to camp every year and everything is just as he left it.At times it feels like he never left the camp to begin with.

3)In the narrative White is fishing when a dragonfly comes on the tip of his rod. White then points out that "It was the arrival of this fly that convinced me beyond any doubt that everything was as it always had been,that the years were a mirage and there had been no years." White makes it clear that he feels nothing has changed about this camp. E.B. feels the years are an "optical illusion" and does not believe it has been years since he has been to the camp. White get's even more specific when he starts naming object's from last time he saw them. He comes to the conclusion that there are no differences. Everything is the same.