IND READING: Cologne (prompt 17 chapter 6-7)

Scene setting is very critical to this book, as every chapter and destination is described in astounding detail. To give an example, Bryson went into depth when he described the atmosphere of Cologne: "You come out of the station and there, at the top of an open-air escalator, is the cathedral, the largest Gothic structure in the world. It is awesome and imposing, no question but it stands in the midst of a vast, windswept, elevated concrete plaza that is heart-numbingly barren and forlorn..." Bryson not only brings imagery into his scene setting, but he also brings in an emotional standpoint. This really allows the reader to connect to a specific aspect of an atmosphere, triggering a certain familiar emotion to really help picture a scene.