The connect between time, memory, and place.
Many people have different perspective of toward time, memory and place. In the short stories from Eiseley, “The Naturalist” and from E.B White, “Once More to the Lake”, both share different attitudes toward time, memory, place. Where, in Eiseley story, has a negative attitude and whereas, E.B. White story has a more positive attitude.
Firstly, Eiseley story attitude toward time is more negative unlike E.B. White story, which is more positive. For example, in the story “The Naturalist” by Eiseley, it states “In sixty years the house and street had rotted out of my mind” (Eiseley 5). Also, in the story “Once More to the Lake”, it states “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 2). Therefore, in the story “The Naturalist” the attitude towards time is more negative, because the character in the story says that throughout time everything is changed. Whereas, in the story “Once More to the Lake”, the character feels very happy that even throughout the years that not much has changed. To summarize, one person could
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For example, in the story “The Naturalist” by Eiseley, it states “It was from this tree that his memories, which are my memories, let away into the world” (Eiseley 4). Also, in the story “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White. It states, “As I kept remembering all this, that those times and those summers had been infinitely precious and worth saving” (White 3). Thus, in both stories the characters have good memories from when they grew up and both remember their father. The attitude toward memories are both positive, because it is good memories and not bad ones. To summarize, in both stories the authors have positive attitude toward memories, because in both stories both characters has good
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