Summary Of Neither Here Nor There: Travels In Europe By Bill Bryson

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Bill Bryson, author of “Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe,” takes his readers on a journey through the ancient streets of Luxembourg, a small European country. Bryson transports his reader to both antique and beautiful Luxembourg by using exquisite word choice and eloquent imagery. Bryson effectively gives the reader an idea, a picture in their mind, of the adventure he endured.
One of Bryson’s most effective rhetorical devices used is imagery. He uses imagery to describe Luxembourg and he does an exceptional job. The use of imagery allows the reader to be placed in Bryson’s shoes, venturing through the city. Is Luxembourg modernistic? Luxurious? Imagery tells you. In fact, it’s stated in the first three sentences, “ancient streets”. It immediately sets the mood, the vivid details that make Luxembourg, Luxembourg. “Feathered pheasant and unskinned rabbits hanging in the butcher’s window.” This screams archaic, antique, old-fashioned settings. “Pig heads smiling on a platter.” These are just a few examples, even so, the reader can immediately determine the mood and picture the historical city. …show more content…

“I had brought with me a yellow backpack so enormous that when I went through customs I half expected to be asked, “Anything to declare? Cigarette? Alcohol? Dead Horse?” The word choice of “Dead Horse?” gives off a humorous, aloof tone. Bryson has never experienced anything like Luxembourg before, if fact he said, “I felt like someone stepping out of doors for the first time.” He is realizing that there is more to life than his very own. Bryson is also opening the reader’s eyes to new discoveries as he is making new discoveries

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