Looking back at my own earlier post, I do realize that I might not have been completely correct in saying that Bryson's small asides distracted from the story. In defense of my argument, however, I still feel that though Bryson may transition well back into the story to make it more clear the great amounts of information in each side-story can be somewhat overwhelming. Therefore, when I said that the side-stories were somewhat obnoxious, what I meant to say was that I would not have used the same technique if I had written the story. I think I sent out the message that I was having trouble transitioning between the sidestories,when I should have simply said that the frequency and amount of information each contained was somewhat overwhelming.
I agree with Cari's assertion that Bryson uses the tidbits to help speak about how much the AT has changed. In Bryson's view he obviously feels that the quality of the trail has gone down because of modernization. This was one of the instances when I actually did enjoy the fact that Bryson used an aside to convey this emotion. I eagerly anticipate the continued story of Bryson's journey.
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