Born July 11, 1899, Elwyn Brooks White published his first collected works in 1925 as an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Since then, White has published more than 15 works of fiction, poetry and essays, but is best known for the children's books Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan and Stuart Little. Most of White's writing themes involve war, internationalism, the comfort of urban and rural life, as well as the failures of technology and the complications of modern society. In his 1941 essay, "Once More to the Lake," E.B. White compares and contrasts the narrator's childhood memories and his current memories, as an adult, of a lake in Maine. The narrator begins the story by reflecting on his youthful memories at the lake with his father. Now, as a father, he decides to relive those moments and feelings spent with his son. When the narrator begins his journey, despite the changes due to technological innovation, he notices that everything is still the same. However, as he continues his journey, the narrator struggles to distinguish between past and present experiences. Throughout his journey, the narrator feels that he is "living a double existence." Sometimes he feels his father's presence in him and his presence in his son. This illusion between his childhood and adulthood affects his perception of time. Towards the end, the speaker realizes that his roles have changed from son to father. He realizes that he is a middle-aged man on his way to mortality. In "Once Again at the Lake", because memories remain constant, they influence humans' perception of time with respect to past and present experiences or events and this is important because the passage of time continues and death is inevitable. ...... middle of the card ......d present worlds. Ultimately, human beings are subject to the universal cycle of life, in which birth begins life and death ends one's life. Elwyn Brooks White's essay represents place-based writing, in which he demonstrates a place of heritage (Holmes 66). White's essay centers on a campsite on a lake in Maine. This campsite represents the "family heritage", where precious memories are relived (Holmes). The use of pathos or appeals to emotion demonstrates the excitement of a well-remembered place where it “generates a type of connection” and “a promise to the reader” (Holmes 68). Reflection on memories allows the narrator to understand his role and identity in the present (Radstone 135). Elwyn Brooks Whites successfully portrays the difficulty of accepting the passage of life/time, where childhood memories are valued and cherished through place-based writing.