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Section/Pages: Pages 86-172 / Chapters 7-13
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- We talked about the relationship between Katz and Bryson, and how they hold each other back
- We talked about the dangers of the Trail
- Bryson thought that working with Katz would be good in the beginning, but as he is on the journey he realizes he should have listened to his wife as it appears it’s not working out right now
- Bryson is terrified to enter back after the murders, and is even more scared after he spoke with the park ranger. This adds to his characterization as a nervous person, going back to his nervousness shown in Chapter 1
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Name: Ryan Wotruba
Email: 24437RW@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Christian Basios
Email: 24019cb@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Tyler DeMilt
Email: 24114TD@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Serafino Bruno
Email: 24048SB@chaminade-hs.org

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Read the assigned work.

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Section/Pages: Pages 1-85 (Chapters 1-6)
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- Bill Bryson recently moved to New Hampshire and stumbled across the Appalachian Trail.
- He is now committed to walk the trail and gets his supplies/
- He wants to go with someone and send out a lot of letters to past friends.
-Stephen Katz is now his hiking buddy. They walked Europe together in the past.
- They start their hike and Katz struggles.
- They meet this lady named Mary Ellen and she is quiet annoying.
- The men continue to hike me stay at many different camps and shelters on their journey.
- The men hear news that a large snowstorm is coming.
- The snow begins and it is coming down hard. The men have to find shelter.
- They go to the shelters and there are two men there: Jim and Heath.
- They continue on their journey and Katz still wants to leave.

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Section/Pages: 235-end / Chapters 19-21
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- We talked about how Bryson is a little furious about the return of Katz. Although it is good to have another person, Katz throws away all the valuable things and ruins the trip
- Katz makes a huge mistake throwing away all the materials because all of those were valuable. Katz was being very lazy, and this might foreshadow an incident at the end of the novel
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Section/Pages: Pages 173-234 / Chapters 14-18
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- He mentions a mountain lion because he is about to go hike on that trail
- He does not want to get attacked by one of them, so he does his research on mountain lions in the area
- I think Bryson will get hypothermia because there is no reason he would mention it without getting it
- Bryson also talks about how he got cold while going on that mountain, so he will definitely get hypothermia later in the book
- We could also argue he wont get hypothermia because he was not prepared for the mountain once, so the next time, he will definitely be prepared for hypothermia
- I like Bill Abdu and I think Bryson does too
- Bryson likes that Bill knows what he is talking about

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Meeting 1 Date: 4/26/23
Pages / Section: Pages 1-85 (Chapters 1-6)
Meeting 2 Date: May 4th, 2023
Pages / Section: Pages 86-172 / Chapters 7-13

Meeting 3 Date: May 12th, 2023
Pages / Section: Pages 173-234 / Chapters 14-18

Meeting 4 Date: May 22nd, 2023
Pages / Section: 235-end / Chapters 19-21

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Participate during book club discussions.

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Compare and contrast Katz and Bryson

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How does Bryson feel about Katz return?

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Why do you think Bryson mentions a mountain lion?

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How do you think Bryson feels with having to deal with Katz?

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Show up to book clubs.

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What is the significance of the men leaving Mary Ellen?

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Did Katz make a big mistake throwing away the materials?

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Do you think Bryson gets hypothermia later in the book? (Foreshadowing)

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How eerie is it for Bryson to go back to hiking soon after the murders on the trail?

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What do you think happened to Katz that made him be the way he is?

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What are your reactions to the end of the novel?

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What are your thoughts on Bill Abdu?

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Do you Katz will ever go back with Bryson?

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1. We throughly discussed our agenda topics and we were able to have a good meeting about our thoughts the ending.
2. Although condensed, our meeting was effective, as we discussed our thoughts on the ending of the novel. We had very similar ideas.
3. We discussed character development throughout the novel, which helped us each get a better understanding of the characters.

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1. I think that we had a productive discussion with everyone participating and we were able to actively discuss the agenda topics in order to further understand the book.

2. We discussed how Bryson uses different rhetorical devices in order to convey the story in a more entertaining way and keep the reader (us) hooked.

3. We gave predictions for what we think will happen in the final few chapters of the book and how Bryson will we affected by certain things that are going on.

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1. I think we had a fairly good discussion on how if Katz will go back with Bryson or not and how their relationship has been affected.
2. We thoroughly talked about how the murders in the woods would affect Bryson and his goal of hiking.
3. We talked about how Katz and Bryson’s might not go back together due to Bryson being fearful after the murders in the woods.