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Macon Leary learns to cope with the murder of his twelve-year-old son and separation from his wife in Anne Tyler’s The Accidental Tourist. With the assistance of Muriel, a flamboyant young dog trainer with whom he becomes romantically involved, Macon assuages his grief, learns to assume control over his life, and becomes more contented than ever before.
As the novel begins, Macon and Sarah are returning early from a vacation on the beach. Neither, it seems, “had the heart for it.” Nor have they had the heart for much else since the murder of their son during a robbery the previous year. During the short car trip, the flaws of their marriage are revealed. Macon refuses to stop driving during a rainstorm, informing Sarah that he has a system for safe driving. Meantime, Sarah longs for a more spontaneous, less systematic man. When she announces that she is leaving him and abandoning their twenty-year marriage, Macon is stunned.
With Sarah gone, Macon is alone and lonely in his home in an upper-class Baltimore neighborhood. His sole companions are his son’s intractable dog, Edward, and Helen, a cat. Macon seldom ventures from his house, where he writes guidebooks for Americans who must travel but long for domestic routines. While others sit in armchairs and dream of travel, “accidental tourists” travel dreaming of home.
As the novel begins, Macon and Sarah are returning early from a vacation on the beach. Neither, it seems, “had the heart for it.” Nor have they had the heart for much else since the murder of their son during a robbery the previous year. During the short car trip, the flaws of their marriage are revealed. Macon refuses to stop driving during a rainstorm, informing Sarah that he has a system for safe driving. Meantime, Sarah longs for a more spontaneous, less systematic man. When she announces that she is leaving him and abandoning their twenty-year marriage, Macon is stunned.
With Sarah gone, Macon is alone and lonely in his home in an upper-class Baltimore neighborhood. His sole companions are his son’s intractable dog, Edward, and Helen, a cat. Macon seldom ventures from his house, where he writes guidebooks for Americans who must travel but long for domestic routines. While others sit in armchairs and dream of travel, “accidental tourists” travel dreaming of home.
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The accidental tourist is a story of a traveller Bill Bryson . He wanted to have a flyer of the whole world. But because of his undesirable habits he is unable to have it in his full life .
He wanted to have control on his habits but unfortunately he was unable to do it . Once he locked his finger along the strip of the bag and then had to face injury in his finger . A lot of blood pour of out of his finger. And whenever he went anywhere to visit , he forgot his room number and had to go to the reception many times. He found himself locked in the lavatory.
Once he was writing something and was having pen in hand , then he was talking to a lady Also. In talks he didn't get to know when the ink started flowing and he found that the ink goes in his mouth and all his teeth became blue.
That's why he was unable to have the flyer . He got many chances of frequent flyer.
He wanted to have control on his habits but unfortunately he was unable to do it . Once he locked his finger along the strip of the bag and then had to face injury in his finger . A lot of blood pour of out of his finger. And whenever he went anywhere to visit , he forgot his room number and had to go to the reception many times. He found himself locked in the lavatory.
Once he was writing something and was having pen in hand , then he was talking to a lady Also. In talks he didn't get to know when the ink started flowing and he found that the ink goes in his mouth and all his teeth became blue.
That's why he was unable to have the flyer . He got many chances of frequent flyer.
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