Strength In Margaret Atwood's A Walk In The Woods

In the novel, A Walk in the Woods, the book has its own strength but also has its defects. One example of the book’s strength is Katz hilarious personality. Katz constantly brings trouble because he’s moves on instinct. For example, once he went out with a big married woman named Beulah after meeting her in the laundromat. Beulah’s husband caught them on a date and went after Katz. Katz then tells Bryson, “Look, if I get shot, do me a favor. Call my brother and tell him there’s $10,000 buried in a coffee can under his front lawn. You buried $10,000 under your brother’s front lawn? No, of course not, but he’s a prick and it would serve him right”. When the narrator, Bryson, goes off and talks about the Appalachian Trail history, it has its

good and bad aspects. The good thing is that the novel not only entertains the readers with an amazing main story about men hiking the Appalachian Trail fighting against nature and their internal selves, but also tells us interesting information. For example, I learned about how the Appalachian Trial came to be and how those involved went through many obstacles for it to become what it is today. The main story is very entertaining and fun to read, so I don’t find it enjoyable especially when he goes on and on being bias about many things. The flaws in the story is the bias information that Bryson goes on for long extended pages is unreliable. For instance, once Bryson talked about how the Forest service are what destroys the forest instead of preserving it because they put the money they earn on roads instead of saving the endangered trees. In conclusion the narrative, A Walk in the Woods, has very good advantages, but also has its disadvantages.