Essays Tagged: "E. B. White"
The Impact of Television
e Impact Of TelevisionSince the beginning, there have been mixed reactions to television and it was E.B. White who wrote 'I believe that television is going to be the test of the modern world, and in ... eneral peace or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television, of that I am sure.' (Murray 7) White was correct, it would either be beneficial or detrimental to society. Ever sinc ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Biographiccal essay on E.B. White as an essayist with some personal references and commentary.
E. B. WhiteI don't remember exactly how I first learned the story of Charlotte's Web. I don't rememb ... itter popped the tape in the VCR. I do remember that I was obsessed with pigs by the time I was three. E. B. White had infiltrated our home. White's essays are not only enjoyable, but are filled with ... of humor has transformed the newspaper columnist into a prominent, uniquely American literary figure.The essays of E. B. White are masterfully composed. His imagery departs a grand demonstration that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Title: Televised Violence Does the violence on TV negativly effect children?
o think about television and there were others who believed it was a great invention. Social critic E.B. White, states, AWe shall stand or fall by television, of that I am sure.@(Murray) In the beginn ... studies on how TV would affect a person. Television just took off with barely any research being done. As television grew, so did questions about the effects of television on its viewers. One of the m ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake" .
In E.B. White's essay, "Once More to the Lake," the narrator is reminded of his own childhood vacations ... submerge ourselves in the lake, waiting for the warm smooth waves from the boats to push us to shore. During intermission, I would wander off by the dam hoping to find baby turtles and frogs. I would ... would ride our dirt bikes and mopeds along the dirt roads through the woods that surrounded our house. The smell of the woods was an unforgettable scent of fresh clean air and pine wood. We always san ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Charlotte's Web: Allegory of the Barn
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is a children's novel that tries to instill the values of friendship, loyalty and basic c ... s bountiful and that farm life is relatively easy, and brings the promise of simple but fruitful life. This novel, although intended for children, carries with it a strong ideological undertone that g ... d the story and monetary references are minor but important when analyzed from a semiotic perspective. Although in Ch II Wilbur is sold it is not specific for how much, but latter on in the story the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Once More To The Lake By E.B. White
Once More to the Lake by E.B. WhiteOnce More to the Lake, by E.B. White was an essay in which a father struggles to find hims ... son's eyes. He knows he can't, and has difficulty dealing with the fact that he can't go back in time. E.B. White's way of letting the reader know that the father is in a way depressed, is through gre ... ow when he was a boy, he would wake up early to fish. Now the father wishes his son would do the same. It seemed the little boy just too the trip for granted. He didn't appear to be as appreciative as ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Once More to the Lake" read through analysis
e understanding of the passage of time is the main theme in the essay of "Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White. The essay is a story of White and his son revisiting his childhood vacationing spot and ... had been no years", that is, he felt he had traveled back in time to when he was a child at the lake. His tone is deep and penetrating when speaking of the fondness he has of this "utterly enchanted ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Once More to the Lake.
r the feel of a cool lake breeze against one's face can bring back many fond memories for many people. The senses, in their own way, can physically bring back memories that seem so real you can get lo ... way, can physically bring back memories that seem so real you can get lost in your own imagination. E. B. White tells in the essay "Once More to the Lake" about how his trip back to a childhood vacati ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Technologies vs. Society: Comparative essay on E.B White's essay "Once More to the Lake"
es to the moral deformation of society.Technological and cultural progress is one of main topics in E.B White's article "Once More to the Lake". The story describes a trip to a camp on the lake. The f ... with a memories of his idyll childhood and compares his son's action to his own behavior years before. The father's negativism towards new technology is illustrated in his disapproval of changes in th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
Aging: a Natural Process
Nature constantly changes with the pass of time. Millions of years ago, lands are completely different with today and human beings are even not ex ... ually. This process vividly shows a cycle of birth, death and rebirth during the whole human lifetime. Therefore, aging is a natural process and human beings should not disturb the balance of nature. ... nd human beings should not disturb the balance of nature. This underlying theme is clearly shown in E.B. White's essays "Once more to the lake" "The Ring of Time" and "On a Florida Key".Essay "Once mo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Book report on strunk and whit
The book Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White is a book which talks about rules of the English language. Rules that are important in co ... is talking about things like placing yourself in the background, don't overwrite and don't overstate. Although Strunk's rules deal more with the mechanics of writing and White tends to talk about the ... hite tends to talk about the presentation of the writing, it comes together to make the book complete. From the book I have learned some things about writing that I did not know, but I have als ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The book Elements of Style by
The book Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White is a book which talks about rules of the English language. Rules that are important in co ... is talking about things like placing yourself in the background, don't overwrite and don't overstate. Although Strunk's rules deal more with the mechanics of writing and White tends to talk about the ... hite tends to talk about the presentation of the writing, it comes together to make the book complete. From the book I have learned some things about writing that I did not know, but I have als ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
"Once More On The Lake" Reaction To The Reading
"Once more on the lake" is an imaginative and gracefully detailed essay written by E.B. White. In this well detailed essay White writes about one vacation spot he would go to with his ... aspects of nature and life haven't changed and at this moment White feels secure things are the same. The constant reliability of the lake and how it hasn't changed one bit, seeing his son venturing ... ssing. There had always been three tracks to choose from, and white had missed the middle alternative. Not only has little inconspicuous things like that have changed, this time at the lake white was ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
"Once More On The Lake" Reaction To The Reading
"Once more on the lake" is an imaginative and gracefully detailed essay written by E.B. White. In this well detailed essay White writes about one vacation spot he would go to with his ... aspects of nature and life haven't changed and at this moment White feels secure things are the same. The constant reliability of the lake and how it hasn't changed one bit, seeing his son venturing ... ssing. There had always been three tracks to choose from, and white had missed the middle alternative. Not only has little inconspicuous things like that have changed, this time at the lake white was ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Once More To The Lake
Rhetorical Analysis of E.B. White?s ?Once More to the Lake? E.B. White?s ?Once more to the Lake? provides keen insight into ... provides keen insight into the life of a middle-aged man reflecting on the past, present, and future. The setting of the essay primarily resides at a lake that offered the author endless amounts of p ... he lake, White remembers how he used to ?sneak out into the sweet outdoors and start out in the canoe.? When he wakes up one morning to hear his son doing the same, White begins to ?sustain the illusi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
The Life and Works of E.B White
I.Introduction Born as Elwyn Brooks White, E.B White was amongst the leading American literary stylist and essayist during his time. His storie ... al’s freedom. He wrote a lot of essays and stories that capture the hearts of different genres.E.B. White once said that he was born on a lucky day, seven and eleven being lucky numbers (Elledge ... day might have brought, he became a principal American essayist, humorist and a stylist of literature. With a clear and graceful style he authored among others, through his vast range of writing abili ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
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ce). I highly recommend the 'little book' entitled The elements of style by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, it costs about $7.Cover Page - Include a title, your name, lab section/day.Abstract [5 p ... tion should be followed by your hypotheses, objectives, or questions. I don't care which you use (i.e., hypotheses, objectives, or questions), it is a matter of style, but realize they are different.M ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers