How does the author beerbohn describe the walk monger in his essay "on going out for a walk."?
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Going out for a walk is an essay written by Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956).
In the essay, the author brings out the reasons for his dislike, of taking a walk.
A walk monger is a person who walks regularly. He says that, the walk mongers take a walk regularly, without having any desirable effect.
- The author feels that taking a walk does not stimulate the brain instead it slows the brain and stops any new ideas from coming up.
- Talking while walking, disrupts his thought flow and diverts to dull and waste talk.
In 'The Old Gentleman', Phyllis compares the 9:15 up train with the dragon because it is a long piece of automobile that he has discovered to be every day on time.
There are also quite a few similarities of the train to a dragon in the sense that it is a long unit and both of them make such a large amount of noise.
To some extent, the comparison can be said to be good in the sense that both of them are long and heavy and also make a large amount of noise while passing.