The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Eng. 125
Jason Smith
April McGrothy
January 16,2012
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
In our present world, life can become routine and everyday activities can become dull especially if your life is dominated by other people. Reading a comedy lightens up the day. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber, is a humorous portrayal of a pathetic, timid man who would daydream to escape the conflicts of the real world. He has a nagging wife and life situations never go his way. He used his daydreaming as a way of looking into himself and imagining experiences that would allow him to be in control, adventurous and heroic. This short story is ...
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the character. We all know someone that spends a lot of time daydreaming and in constant thought about life so we can relate to the character of Walter Mitty. The other characters in this story are: the domineering wife, parking attendant, policeman, pedestrian, Dr. Renshaw, and the garage man Each of these characters has some kind of control of Walter's life, all telling him what to do. While reading this story, you soon notice that Walter needs to work on his communications with people and in his marital relationship (Clugston,2010).
There are five heroic daydreams during this story. The first daydream occurs when Mitty and his wife are driving to Waterbury, Connecticut. He is a commander of an 8-engine Navy hydroplane. He is shouting commands and at the end of the daydream he states, "The old Man ain't afraid of hell!" (Clugston, 2010). You can tell by the dialog that his crew admires him then he is awakened by his wife's voice, she is saying, "Not so fast! You're driving ...
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