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