Bill Bryson's experiences in England.

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Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is a tourist who has come to England for the first time ever. He is an American who has traveled from France to get to England. He arrives in Dover coming from Calais in the middle of the night. Bill Bryson shares his experiences using a journalistic, diary way of writing. He has images of scenarios where in reality the complete opposite happens to him. There is a lot of humor in his writing where he does not just allow the readers to laugh about the people he meets, but he gives the reader a chance to laugh at him at his own expense.

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Bill Bryson uses imagery to set the scene of his experience. “low-lit streets threaded with fog”. The reader gets a sense of the gloominess of the streets he is walking on. “rather wonderful” He is exited about being in a new country an unknown territory. “mildly” Bill Bryson is trying to see the good things and look beyond the bad. He was please to have arrived from Calais “just like in a Bulldog Drummond movie.” He is describing his current feelings by comparing it to a movie that was an action movie.

Fantasy compared to reality can sometimes be ...

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