Comparing Uncle Marcos And The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Imagine living in a world where daydreaming could take over someone’s life and pop up when the moment is least expected or leaving for a voyage is the go-to every few months. “Uncle Marcos” written by Isabel Allende and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” written by James Thurber, both have protagonists that live very different form of the norm. These two main characters share the same qualities they have in the fictional stories. By being similar, they can learn from each other. Each character has a different life, one tries to fill the void of his boring life by dreaming events that only in his wildest dreams would happen and the other is a voyager who has a knack for failing many things but the still tries and sometimes may succeed in life. However could these two ever learn something from
“Mitty hastily pulled on his gloves and lurched ahead. He drove around the streets aimlessly for a time and then the drove past the hospital on his way to the parking lot”(Thurber, 125). Simply by putting a pair of gloves can trigger a daydream. For this particular dream, the is a surgeon who was getting prepped to perform a surgery on a millionaire banker. Marcos could have learn from Walter that it is okay to dream. It is not bad and may even help better your life. Still live a simple life but still have a great quality of life that will make you happy. “But then Marcos announced that as soon as the weather cleared he planned to take off in his bird and cross the mountain range”(Allende, 136). Marcos was always going on voyages. He risked his life plenty of times, including flying over the mountains. Many people thought that he had died when no word came from him after a week. He also took advantage of his niece Clara with her clairvoyance