discussion e.b white

AP English E.B White Discussion 11/12/12

pastoral imagery. repetition to emphasis the feeling that time has not passed. Shows memories. pathos: sensory/ auditory/visual/olfactory imagery. polysyndenten (over use of and). ethos describes himself to the readers and helps them understand his background and the purpose of the story. metaphor on pg. 97. boyish memories and son. creates a picture and makes it realistic, slows down pace, more reflective.  day vs night. and nature. lake seems untouchable and everlasting. past vs present. illusion on time.
nature is eternal and man corrupts nature. (subconscious) his perspective changed except switch of roles he is his father and his son is him but nature changed. the motor boats and the roads are different. the lake itself and the smell is all the same like eternal nature. goes back and forth of descriptions... we did this.... diary like.... i did this... and my son did it too.. shows mirroring. we were all persuaded. details helped.
builds ethos bc describes his own trips to the lake when he was younger. at the end he moves on and accepts changes. nature lover. his ethos shapes the ethos. talks about his character builds throughout the essay what he saw when he was younger and how he viewed his dad and how his son will view him.
cycle. fathers body died and realized thats gonna be him. like the cycle of nature. he feels what his son feels. as if he was his son. in his dad’s footsteps and closer to his death. circle of life/nature.


nature changes subtly. nature is everlasting. and when he goes back to his natural place he remembers his everlasting memories and continue to build, but man made things are corrupting. the cycle of nature is constant and circle of life. "my groin felt the chilling death" - reproduction and circle of life. same feeling as son (follows same steps). realizes his father is dead and he will too one day. wants his son to have good memories of himself. circle of life. time has marched on and he like his father will die and he like his father will be a memory.
the essay is in a cycle like the cycle of life.
"NO KATE THE SON DID NOT DIE."
inference/developed the whole essay with a cycle of life. generations.
why is this surprising?
"KATE STOP INFERRING THAT EVERYONE IS DEAD"