Question 8: What is the significance of the title?
Answer:
The title the accidental tourist puts the stress on accidental nature of bill Bryson who was a frequent flyer. He travelled a lot to the world's different parts. He always met some kind of an accident on the way during the aeroplane. Once he bent over to tie his shoe lace and someone was sitting on the seat ahead of him, he threw his seat back into full scratch and the leg of the man sitting next to him to get himself freed. On another incident, he threw a soft drink onto the lap who was sitting besides him. The lady got very annoyed with him, then the flight attendant cleaned up all the mess and brought him another drink. He was always prone to accidents. He always used to forgot his room number and was used to going to the hotel desk to enquire about it. He was carless that when the food was delivered on planes, his wife asked children to take the lids off the fool for him to avoid any kind of accident. While travelling alone, he did not eat, drink or tie his shoelaces. Still he travelled a lot but was prone to accident.
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