The Accidental Tourist is a novel by Anne Tyler, published in 1985. The novel deals with themes of loss, estrangement, love and reconciliation. After their son his shot to death, Macon and Sarah Leary's marriage falls apart and Sarah moves out. Macon is injured after a fall and goes to stay with his weird siblings--Rose, Porter and Charles. Eventually Macon begins a relationship with Muriel Pritchett, a woman he hires to train his dog, and when his wife discovers this, tension ensues.
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler at first glance depicts the struggle between two people to find happiness together In actuality it shows the struggles a man faces with himself to find happiness in his own life Tyler presents a character Macon Leary satisfied with just going through life unchanged Anne Tyler in her novel The Accidental Tourist realistically explores the complex family relationships and the individual search for identity as revealed by Ethans murder Macons isolation from his
Both Tylers The Accidental Tourist and Duffys Mean Time have a strong focus on love The Accidental Tourist is a novel about a mans journey to find himself after his marriage has fallen apart and Mean time is a collection of poems about Duffys past experiences presumably to do with specific topics like love amongst many others I have selected two of Duffys poems Mean Time and First Love to compare to two appropriate extracts from Tylers novel I consider these selected poems and extracts to be su
By focusing on Less Than Zero 1985 by Bret Easton Ellis and The Accidental Tourist 1985 by Anne Tyler I will explore the primary family groups with reference to any relevant secondary characters I will examine the different relationships the protagonists Clay and Macon have with their families and discuss whether there is any correlation between their upbringing and their situation at home and how they adapt and communicate in the outside world The parents of both Clay and Macon are separated a