In The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler describes the life of a man named Macon, and different occurrences that completely transform him. From the start of the novel, the reader learns about Macon’s dark past and the subsequent negative and positive repercussions that resound throughout his life. Tyler then displays how these changes have impacted his life in an unpredictable yet entirely positive way. For instance, only a few years before the book begins, Macon’s son had been killed while he was very young. This disaster left Macon struggling to pick up the few remaining pieces of his life and fit them back together. But every transformation that affected him truly helped Macon and gave him a new beginning despite his old age. Other characters
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Sarah converted from a plain, disagreeing wife into a woman in a new city, exploring her various passions. Muriel changed from a young teen being forced to have a child early into a powerful woman who was determined to find and follow love. Lastly, Macon swapped his boring and monotonous traditions in exchange for a constant adventure with the love of his life. Although these changes may have been frightening at the time, they changed each character for the better. New beginnings are a chance to rewrite and reinvent oneself, and the characters do just that. Through meeting different people and exploring their personal interests more, they all found at least a degree of the happiness and adventure that they all deserved. Sarah finds herself and what she would truly look, sound, and feel like if she had the deciding vote on everything. Macon and Muriel find love with one another and even though it is a confusing and old kind of love, it is still beautiful. The Accidental Tourist is an incredible novel because it teaches about how people can and will change, and how it should be an expected and acceptable act. This novel is important because it shows development of characters personalities and how important new beginnings can be for a
Sarah converted from a plain, disagreeing wife into a woman in a new city, exploring her various passions. Muriel changed from a young teen being forced to have a child early into a powerful woman who was determined to find and follow love. Lastly, Macon swapped his boring and monotonous traditions in exchange for a constant adventure with the love of his life. Although these changes may have been frightening at the time, they changed each character for the better. New beginnings are a chance to rewrite and reinvent oneself, and the characters do just that. Through meeting different people and exploring their personal interests more, they all found at least a degree of the happiness and adventure that they all deserved. Sarah finds herself and what she would truly look, sound, and feel like if she had the deciding vote on everything. Macon and Muriel find love with one another and even though it is a confusing and old kind of love, it is still beautiful. The Accidental Tourist is an incredible novel because it teaches about how people can and will change, and how it should be an expected and acceptable act. This novel is important because it shows development of characters personalities and how important new beginnings can be for a