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    The Accidental Tourist

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    The novel ‘The Accidental Tourist’ written by Ann Tyler demonstrates that initially change is always difficult. However it may become less complicated when unexpected relationships form and things happen. At the beginning of the novel Macon is portrayed as an orderly character caught up in almost a time warp. Through each of his relationships Macon is able to significantly change. He does this by learning to deal with people; who have trouble expressing their emotions‚ which insist on eating potatoes

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    In Anne Tyler’s The Accidental Tourist‚ the theme of death is one of the most prevalent themes in the novel. Without death‚ the novel would not have the story that it does. Death is the first conflict that launches the tale of these two‚ now divorced‚ couple. Through the pain and sorrow‚ Macon‚ finds himself through little things such as change and travel. After the killing of their son‚ Sarah and Macon’s relationship went downhill. Macon was not very comforting of caring towards his wife‚ and she

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    happen." -Jerry Brown If an individual allows changes to occur in one’s life‚ then love can be the wonderful result of that acceptance. The theme of reasons why we love and how we love different people is demonstrated throughout the book The Accidental Tourist‚ written by Anne Tyler. There are two main characters that undergo and accept the changes in their lives‚ and one character that stays static throughout the book‚ helping one of the characters to change. Macon Leary is first grounded by loneliness

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    In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing and contrasting the movie version and the novel entitled “The Accidental Tourist.” First‚ when one begins to read the book‚ they will notice that the opening scene takes place in a car on a rainy day. During this pivotal scene Sarah Leary asks Macon if he remembered what he said to a comment Sarah had said. She said “’I said to you the other day‚ I said‚ ‘Macon‚ now that Ethan’s dead I sometimes wonder if there’s any point to life.’ Do you remember what

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    Pearce AP Language Mrs. Borisoff November 11‚ 2014 “The Ugly Tourist” by Jamaica Kincaid Academic Summary In the essay “The Ugly Tourist”‚ Jamaica Kincaid argues through rant that when in the state of being a tourist‚ one is shallow and only appreciates the beautiful skin of a culture and does not really know the depth‚ therefor cannot truly say that it is beautiful. Right off the bat in the first sentence Jamaica describes tourists as “ugly human beings”. These words give out a very strong idea

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    A couple years ago at my homeschool‚ I once read a book titled Identical that was written by the author‚ Ellen Hopkins. The story involved a girl and her sister in their teen years with names I cannot remember. The girls were twins‚ basically identical‚ but they were very opposite of each other on the inside. The story takes a crazy turn towards the ending when revealing that the girls were in a terrible car accident‚ causing one of them to lose their life‚ and the other one to be hospitalized. After

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    Tourist

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    Jaipur International Tourist Survey April 2011 Introduction With its extraordinary history and culture‚ Rajasthan holds a prominent position within India’s tourism industry. In the region‚ Jaipur has always been a major tourist destination with its many prized cultural assets. However‚ the economic boom India is witnessing is dramatically reshaping the tourism landscape‚ from the arrival of international hotel chains to the development of new transport infrastructure‚ new challenges and opportunities

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    Tourist

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    o n ANALYSIS Using the concept of yield to assess the sustainability of different tourist types S. Becken⁎‚ D. Simmons Environment‚ Society and Design Division‚ P.O. Box 84‚ Lincoln University‚ Canterbury‚ New Zealand A R T I C LE I N FO Article history: Received 4 November 2007 Received in revised form 7 November 2007 Accepted 18 December 2007 Available online 30 January 2008 Keywords: Yield Tourist types Sustainability assessment Indicators AB S T R A C T Sustainability assessments

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    Agra Fort Amar Singh Gate‚ one of two entrances into Agra’s Red Fort Agra Fort (sometimes called the Red Fort)‚ was commissioned by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565‚ and is another of Agra’s World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shāh Jahān’s time‚ and reworked extensively with marble and pietra dura inlay. Notable buildings in the fort

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    The Accidental Artist

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    The Accidental Artist "--- you don’t reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ... serendipitously." -- John Barth‚ The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by Angelo T. Salazar Elmo Makil’s career in music apparently happened by accident. "I did not decide to get into music. It was decided for me!" he reflects. He recalls attending a summer music seminar in Baguio City. After two days‚ he walked into the church

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