Bryson's Hatred

In the short story, “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson, the author’s word choice shows hate for his tone and depressed for his mood towards the Forestry Department. The authors tone shows hate when he says, “...which is not only a brutal visual affront to any landscape but brings huge, reckless washoffs that gully he soil, robbing it of nutrients and disrupting ecologies farther downstream. This isn’t science. It’s rape.” The author’s tone demonstrates hatred because he is mad that they are cutting down 80 percent of trees in the National Park. The author’s mood is depressed when he implies that, “to take one recent but heartbreaking example.” Bryson is depressed because one third of a land is available for logging. In conclusion, the tone
is hate and the mood is depressed for the short story “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson.