A Week in April, Movies, A Boston Terrier, The World of Tomorrow and Walden Summary and Analysis

White notes some of the occurrences that take place during one week in April 1939. The activities range from the death of a neighbor to the visit of Austrian friends to the slow creeping in of spring to a winter weary landscape.

In Movies, White states that there are no movie theaters in his Maine village but he keeps abreast of films by reading Motion Picture magazine. He wonders why Hollywood filmmakers insist on portraying ordinary life in circumstances that are far better than those experienced by regular people. This is especially evident in the movie called "Dark Victory" in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to...