Neither Here Nor There Bill Brryson Analysis

Bill Bryson, the author of “ Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe”, writes about a time he backpacked in a foreign city called Luxembourg. Bryson’s purpose is to elucidate to the reader how Luxembourg contrasts from cities in the United States, like New York, and how strange it is to be surrounded by objects and people we have never seen or experienced before. He adopts a humorous and amazed tone in his writing in order to appeal to new travelers sense of adventure.
Bryson opens his short story with a humorous tone by elaborating on the size of his backpack, “I had brought with me a yellow backpack so enormous than when I went through customs I half expected to be asked, ‘Anything to declare? Cigarettes? Alcohol? Dead horse?’” By using