Once more to the Lake and The Yellow Door house both contain some points of comparison since the basic theme is the same i.e. passage of time. In both stories, times have changed and authors are now writing as adults. Their new role is that of a parent while in their memories and the time they are reminiscing about is childhood when they were in the care of their parents. There are some important points of similarity and so some parallels can be drawn:
a)Both writers are now adults reminiscing about their childhood
b)Both stories have a physical place to symbolize their childhood.
c)Both writers are now parents themselves
d)Both writers talk indirectly about their connection with their parents
e)There is a deep sense of nostalgia
f)And there is a fear of losing the symbol that represents their beautiful past
There are some places where the authors differ:
a)White is talking about a specific time in his childhood while Maynard is talking about her entire childhood phase
b)White takes on the role of his father during fishing trip but Maynard doesn't see herself in her mother's place
c)The author is at a distance from his 'place' while Maynard still is at a close proximity to her 'place'
These points of departure offer a wider perspective and a better view of memories connected with childhood. Does everyone have similar memories of childhood? Like Leo Tolstoy said: all happy families are alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. In almost similar manner, all happy memories are alike. Some memories are connected with vacations while others with everyday mundane activities but they are all equally precious to the one who has come out of that phase.
Seeing someone else making memories in the way that you had once did can be terribly exciting and disturbing at the same time. This is what White experiences, as he sees his son enjoying the moments at the lake. However to W...