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One of Tara’s older brothers. Smart, sensitive, and quiet, Tyler is more interested in reading and listening to classical music than helping out in the scrapyard. Tara is devastated when he leaves home to go off to college—a decision that forever alienates him from the rest of the family. As Tara grows older, Tyler urges her to apply to college amidst the escalating violence and insanity on Buck’s Peak. She follows his advice, enlists his help in studying for admissions tests, and ultimately earns an acceptance to the prestigious Brigham Young University. Tyler and Tara are not particularly close until Tyler defends Tara at a crucial moment—after Audrey, out of fear and coercion, refuses to stand up to Mother and Dad over their indifference to Shawn’s violent tendencies, Tyler steps in to denounce their behavior and stick up for Tara. Tara and Tyler begin cultivating a relationship in earnest, and Tara leans on Tyler for support as she at last acknowledges and seeks to mend the trauma of their shared past.
Tyler Westover Quotes in Educated
The Educated quotes below are all either spoken by Tyler Westover or refer to Tyler Westover. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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Me, I never blamed anyone for the accident, least of all Tyler. It was just one of those things. A decade later my understanding would shift, part of my heavy swing into adulthood, and after that the accident would always make me think of the Apache women, and of all the decisions that go into making a life—the choices people make, together and on their own, that combine to produce any single event. Grains of sand, incalculable, pressing into sediment, then rock.
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Tyler Westover Quotes in Educated
The Educated quotes below are all either spoken by Tyler Westover or refer to Tyler Westover. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
Quotes
Me, I never blamed anyone for the accident, least of all Tyler. It was just one of those things. A decade later my understanding would shift, part of my heavy swing into adulthood, and after that the accident would always make me think of the Apache women, and of all the decisions that go into making a life—the choices people make, together and on their own, that combine to produce any single event. Grains of sand, incalculable, pressing into sediment, then rock.
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