A Walk in the Woods

by

Bill Bryson

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Mary Ellen Character Analysis

Mary Ellen is an annoying hiker from Florida who tags along with Bryson and Katz for a few days in the first week of their hike. She exaggerates her hiking skills, talks constantly about useless topics, blows her nose incessantly, and irritates Katz immensely. Bryson wryly notes that despite the romantic promise of solitude in the woods, it’s still possible to get stuck in the company of utterly stupid and banal people.

Mary Ellen Quotes in A Walk in the Woods

The A Walk in the Woods quotes below are all either spoken by Mary Ellen or refer to Mary Ellen . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Isolation, Companionship, and Kindness Theme Icon
).
Chapter 4 Quotes

“You're too fat. You should have lost weight before you came out here. Shoulda done some training, ‘cause you could have like a serious, you know, heart thing out here.”

Related Characters: Mary Ellen (speaker), Bill Bryson, Stephen Katz
Page Number: 75
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mary Ellen Quotes in A Walk in the Woods

The A Walk in the Woods quotes below are all either spoken by Mary Ellen or refer to Mary Ellen . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Isolation, Companionship, and Kindness Theme Icon
).
Chapter 4 Quotes

“You're too fat. You should have lost weight before you came out here. Shoulda done some training, ‘cause you could have like a serious, you know, heart thing out here.”

Related Characters: Mary Ellen (speaker), Bill Bryson, Stephen Katz
Page Number: 75
Explanation and Analysis: