Part 1 of Essay
In E.B. White’s The , the author gives a narrative account of his trip to a circus rehearsal where he describes a fascinating scene of a young girl practicing a horse act for an upcoming show. As a writer, he feels it is his obligation to record the events he is witnessing, and convey this to his readers without lea ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... idea of a cyclical view of time. White suggests that time is circular, and that is goes round and round repeating itself. The images of rings and circles throughout the first few paragraphs support this. He describes the girl’s gaze as “circular”, and “time itself began running in circles” as she took her horse around the circus ring. However, time itself is a constantly changing quantity with everything around it changing also. White realizes this and states, “She wil ....