Essay Archive - Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" and "Searching For Caleb": Individualism and Belonging to the Family
Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" and "Searching For Caleb": Individualism and
Belonging to the Family
Anne Tyler's novels The Accidental Tourist and Searching for Caleb
are concerned with the family and individualism. In the Accidental Tourist
each character undergoes a transformation between individualism and
belonging to his family. Individualism means isolation, while family means
belonging. Searching for Caleb shows how rules can govern the family.
However, in Tyler's Breathing Lessons, two characters are isolated in their
own way, but find a way....
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