summary on the lesson ' The Accidental Tourist '..
Class 9.
Moments book..
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Macon Leary learns to adjust with the killing of his 12 year-old son and divorse from his wife in Anne Tyler’s "The Accidental Tourist".
With the help of Muriel a flamboyant young dog trainer with whom he becomes intimate romantically Macon tells his grief and learns to assume control over his life and becomes more contented than before.
As novel starts Macon and Sarah are returning from a holiday early from the beach.
It seems they don't have the heart for much from the murder of their son during a robbery the last year.
During this short trip the flaws of their marriage are unfolded.
Macon denies to stop driving during rainstorm informing Sarah that he has system for safe driving.
Meanwhile Sarah desires for more spontaneous less systematic man.
When she declares that she is leaving him and postponing 20 year old marriage Macon is astonished.
After Sarah's leaving Macon is alone and free in his home in an upper-class Baltimore neighborhood.
His friends are his son’s dog Edward and Helen, cat.
Macon rarely ventures from his house where he writes guidebooks for Americans who should went for domestic routines.
Other persons sits in chairs and dreams of travel “accidental tourists” dreaming of home.
A methodical man Macon becomes obsessive when Sarah lefts him.
Preoccupied with storing energy he stops using clothes dryer although he sometimes has to wear damp clothes.
He attaches popcorn maker due to fear of food poisoning to his bedside clock to avoid any unnecessary steps while making breakfast.
To eliminate inconvenience of making bed he sleeps in “body bags” sheets that which are stiched to make a huge envelope.
The Accidental Tourist’ is a humorous and excellent story.Bill Bryson, narrates his experiences as an air traveller.
There were many things that he could not do properly. He was a confused person. He goes many times to find the lavatory in a cinema but ends up standing in an alley on the wrong side of self-locking door.
He often forgets the number of his hotel room and goes two to three times a day at the hotel reception to inquire about it. Once he went to England with his family for a week on Easter. At the airport, he remembered that he had a discount card in his carry bag. He tried to open the bag and pulled the zip harder. The zip broke and the bag opened abruptly. Everything in his bag rained out and spread here and there. His wife was shocked to find her husband so absent-minded. He had many such experiences while on board.
Once he found himself helplessly in the crash position when he leaned over to tie his shoelaces and someone in the seat ahead of him threw his seat back into full recline. On another occasion, he knocked soft drinks into the lap of a lady sitting beside him. The worst experience he had was when he got his mouth, chin, gums and tongue blue coloured. He was writing some thoughts on a sheet of paper. He fell into conversation with a lady sitting next to him. He had put his pen in his mouth. It leaked and his mouth was covered with ink. He did not realise it until he went to the lavatory. The narrator was so fed up with the eating habits that he preferred not to eat while on board
. His wife used to take some precautions. She told the children to take the lid off the food for daddy or put their hoods up when daddy cut his meat. He often forgot to ask for air miles. He could never take benefits from the discount schemes. It was his state of mind that he missed a golden opportunity to avail himself of a first-class flight to Bali.
This story had inspired me a lot..
Towards the poet as he shares his suaved way of behaving without any shame..