Anne Tyler's "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant"

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Pearl appears in many parts of "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" as a typical older person, anxious, denying the loss of faculties, re-examining the past, assessing her children, and so on. This paper examines to what degree they were always part of Pearl's make-up, already evident in earlier periods of her life, in her youth, or single-motherhood stages. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.

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"The debate over nature versus nurture has raged for many years, with the "nature" crowd arguing that people are born ready-made and the "nurture" advocates suggesting that people learn to become what they are. This debate is particularly appropriate in determining whether Pearl Tull had always been born the way she was, fully possessed of the qualities and traits that would later define her life. This analysis is assisted since the story is presented from a retrospective point of view from the outset, supplemented by insightful reflections and poignant vignettes from Pearl's past to reinforce her regrets."

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