character evolution of Willa drake in Anne Tyler's "clock dance"

Love, joys, sorrows, caring, and sharing are all aspects of life. Desires, avarice, lust, and negative characteristics such as hatred, dislike, and others contribute to life's complexity. When life takes unexpected turns and changes the course of our destiny, it is also described as complex.This paper explores the character evolution of protagonist Willa Drake in Anne Tyler’s novel “Clock Dance”. Usually, Willa Drake is a naturally calm person. Her life's defining moments when she was eleven and her mother vanished being proposed to at twenty-one; and the accident that left her a widow at forty-one – were all precipitated by others. We realise Willa has not lived an unhappy life at the age of 61, but rather a bittersweet one, tinged with occasional regrets. Willa leaves everything and files across the country, despite her second husband Peter's displeasure, when she receives a phone call informing her that her son Sean's ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help Willa's rash decision to look after this woman and her grand-daughter, as well as her dog will take her into unknown territory.