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1、OnceMoretotheLakeFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumpto:navigation,search"OnceMoretotheLake"isanessayfirstpublishedinHarper'smagazinein1941byauthorE.B.White.Itchronicleshispilgrimagebacktoalakefrontresort,BelgradeLakes,Maine,hevisitedasachild.[1]In"OnceMoretotheLake,"Whiterevisitshisidealboy
2、hoodvacationspot.Hefindsgreatjoyinhisvisit,whichironicallycauseshimtostruggletorememberthatheisnowaman.[edit]InterpretationsoftheessayThestoryshowsWhiteengagedinaninternalstrugglebetweenactingandviewingthelakeashedidwhenaboyandactingandviewingitasanadult,orashisfatherwouldhave.AlthoughWhitese
3、esthelakeashavingremainednearlyidenticaltothelakeofhisboyhood,technologymarshisexperienceandthenew,noisierboatsdisturbthesereneatmosphereatthelake.Thiscouldbetakentosuggestthattechnologyisimpureordamaging,exceptthatthesameparagraphcontainsalengthyreminiscenceinwhichWhiterhapsodizesabouthisboy
4、hoodaffectionforanoldone-cylinderengine.Thememorybalancesthethemeoftechnology,suggestingthatcertainkindsoftechnology,ifapersoncan"getclosetoitspiritually,"areabletobecomealmostanaturalpartofone'sself.[2]Throughouttheessay,Whitewritesthatheoftenfindshimself"seeingthelakethroughhisson'seyes."Th
5、isisduetothesimilaritiesofthelakeatthepresenttimecomparedtohischildhoodmemoryofthelake.Forexample,Whitestatesthathehadgonefishingonthelakewhenhewasaboy,andthatwhilehisrodwasout,adragonflywouldrepeatedlylandonthetipofhispole.Whenhetakeshissonfishingduringthetrip,thesamethinghappenstotheboy,and
6、Whitesays:"Ilookedattheboy,whowassilentlywatchinghisfly,anditwasmyhandsthatheldhisrod,myeyeswatching.Ifeltdizzyanddidn'tknowwhichrodIwasattheendof."TheessayalsoshowsWhite'srealizationofthelifecycle.Hetakeshisfather'splaceonthetrip,justashissontakesWhite'sboyhoodrole.White,oncetheson,hasbecome
7、thefather,andrealizesthathewillsoonpassonashisownfatherpresumablyhas.Whitereferencesthisinthefinallines:"Iwatchedhim,hishardlittlebody,skinnyandbare,sawhimwinceslightlyashepulleduparoundhisvitalsthesmall,soggy,icygarment.Ashebuckledtheswollen
