White also consistently refers to time throughout the entirety of the essay. White an even stronger voice within his writing. Using descriptive words allows his to paint a picture in the reader’s head and provides Mr. He goes on to describe Thunder as “kettle, then the snare, then the bass drum, and cymbals,” which provided more of an accurate image than if he were just to say “thunder.” The usage of his words is vital in this paragraph because it ties back to the “melodrama” of the thunderstorm that he is witnessing. Instead of using words like thunder and lightning, White uses terms such as “electrical disturbance” to provide a more vivid image of lightning. While White describes the storm, he uses dramatic words to paint a picture of what he is witnessing while watching the storm.

This paragraph relates to the overall theme of the idea because it mentions the darkness he is realizing. White describes the storm as resembling an “old melodrama” White had once watched. The section relates to a thunderstorm that occurs in the middle of the day. The purpose of this article is the dramatic scene it provides to the essay. The section of the article that I handwrote is at the end of the piece it is the second to last paragraph. Throughout the entirety of the essay White examines the past and present. White’s essay “Once More at the Lake,” he consistently compares his time spent as a child and the time he is currently spending with his son at the lake. 9) And the comedian who waded in carrying an umbrella. 8) Afterward the calm, the rain steadily rustling in the calm lake, the return of light and hope and spirits, and the campers running out in joy and relief to go swimming in the rain, their bright cries perpetuating the deathless joke about how they were getting simply drenched, and the children screaming with delight about getting drenched linking the generations in a strong indestructible chain. 7) Then the kettle drum, then the snare, then the bass drum and the cymbals, the crackling light against the dark, and the gods grinning and licking their chops in the hills. 6) In midafternoon (it was all the same) a curious darkening of the sky, and a lull in everything that had made life tick and then the way the boats suddenly swung the other way at their mornings with the coming of a breeze out of the new quarter, and the premonitory rumble. 5) The whole thing was so familiar, the first feeling of oppression and heat and a general air around camp of not wanting to go very far away. 4) This was the big scene, still the big scene. 3) The second-act climax of the drama of the electrical disturbance over a lake in America had no changed in any important respect. 2) It was like the revival of an old melodrama that I had seen long ago with childish awe. White passage, taken from “Once More at the Lake.”ġ) One afternoon while we were there at that lake a thunderstorm came up.

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