Katz's Maturity About Dealing In The Woods

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This passage displays Katz’s growing maturity about dealing with the challenges the woods bring. Bryson describes the situation by providing detail of the strong surges of the water. In the situation, he explains how Katz figured out his own way of getting across. This reveals growth of Katz’s character since he becomes independent in figuring out how to deal with certain situations. Bryson continues to describe Katz as “helpless” in the situation. However, Katz does not complain or ask for help from Bryson like he previously would, instead he resolves his own problems. Bryson also mentions how Katz acts as if problems like this happen everyday to them out in the woods. This further emphasizes Katz slowly maturing into an independent person

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