The Accidental Tourist

Summary:

     In the beginning, Macon and Sarah were chatted in the car. Macon drove. It was rain heavily. Sarah wanted to stop the car to take a little rest. But Macon said it is okay. Later, Sarah talked about Ethan, their son, died when they went to Hawaii. Sarah could not bear anymore. She thought Macon was a cold, unfeeling person. And she wanted to divorce. At first, Macon was bored with anything. It was hard for Macon to live without Sarah. Living in a big house by himself was very lonely. So, he decided to go back his family's house, living with them.

 But he still needed to work. Julian, Macon’s boss, wanted Macon to go to England this time. When Macon went to the Meow-Bow animal hospital, Muriel, the attendant, said his dog could not enter the hospital because his dog had bitten people but she’d like to help him to train Edward, his dog. Macon did not want Muriel to help him in the beginning. He thought he could control everything steadily. By the time passed, Ethan got more and more crazy and Macon’s sisters and brothers just could not insecure it. Then, Macon decided to call Muriel to train Edward finally. The training process was not so good. Edward was still out of control when Macon trained him. A few days later, Muriel invited Macon to come to her home for dinner. Macon was hesitated but he still went there. During the dinner, Macon said his son’s died and Muriel seemed not to care about it. After that, Macon went to Muriel’s house more and more often. He thought he found who really knew him. Macon met Muriel’s son, Alexander. Alexander was allergic to pizza, fruit, dust, etc. The new life living with Muriel was great. But Macon’s family did not like Muriel. Macon did not care about it.

Later, Julian and Rose got married. On their wedding, Macon met his ex-wife, Sarah. They were shocked. After that, Sarah gave Macon a phone call. She wanted to move back to their home. Macon decided to move back together. Muriel was sad. No soon later, Macon needed to go to Parris to finish his guidebook, The Accidental Tourist. Muriel wanted to go there together because she just could not give up everything about Macon. Macon said no. When Macon was waiting for the plane, he saw Muriel. Even Macon refused her; she decided to go to Parris. In Parris, Macon tried to avoid meeting Muriel. Macon was sick. He could not continue to finish the trip. Rose called Sarah to help Macon. When Macon got healthier, he decided to leave Muriel alone and go back by himself.             

Reflection:

     In the beginning, Sarah fought with Macon in the car. She was mad at Macon. When I read that part, I thought Sarah was too crazy. Macon was sad about their son’s died too. Macon did not have much emotion about it. That did not mean that he was a cruel person. If Sarah could not stand out that, why she married Macon? I do not like Macon. I think he was a selfish man. In the whole story, he surrounded two women, Sarah and Muriel. He just could not decide who he wanted to company. When Sarah divorced with him, he met Muriel and lived with her. If Macon did not have any feeling with Muriel, why he moved to her house? Just searched for someone’s company? When Muriel asked his feeling to her, he said nothing. Macon even could not give Muriel a promise. That really hurt Muriel! When his ex-wife called him, he seemed to like to move back to their house. Muriel was not a doll, she had feeling, okay? I also found out that Macon could not listen what other people said. He knew Sarah did not like the way he treated the thing. He didn’t change. His family told him Muriel wasn’t the type of his women. He didn’t change. Muriel pleased him not to go. He didn’t change. He hurt everyone who loved him.