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    Walter Mitty is initially a character with a very regular routine‚ not participating in much activity out of work having not done or “been anywhere noteworthy or mentionable” a fact confirmed by his empty travel journal. He lives a routine lifestyle‚ striving to maintain his record of “no mistakes.” Another aspect of his character is his fearful nature: not even considering the prospect of asking his coworker Cheryl out on a date‚ being only think to himself “I can’t.” To escape his reality‚ Walter

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    differences of Walter Mitty and his mysterious other self is that they are totally different people. How I would explain this is when Walter Mitty is having his daydreams he wants to be someone else then his regular self. He wants to be a totally different person then his regular self. He doesn’t want to be weak. Then in one of his day dreams he is a commander readying the lieutenant to take off in a “hurtling eight-engined Navy hydroplane” (188). However in reality‚ Walter Mitty is just a man

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    Guedouar Mr. Forsyth ENG 3U October 7‚ 2014 Ta-pocketa-pocketa: the analysis of Mitty’s character In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ by James Thurber‚ Walter Mitty desires dominance‚ but knows that he cannot achieve his dreams due to the constant put down by his controlling wife. Walter‚ a middle-aged man has daydreams to assert his dominance which he does not have in his real life. Mitty starts to daydream that he is a “commander” of a “navy hydroplane” and he is trying to save his whole crew

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    squad vanished and Walter Mitty found himself on the sidewalk‚ drenched in rain‚ and the ashy remnants of his cigarette in hand. Mrs. Mitty stood in front of him‚ umbrella in hand‚ with a suspicious scowl on her face. “Look at you‚ your suit is drenched! It will take hours to dry and we are attending that concert tonight.” Mrs. Mitty flailed her arms as she spoke‚ almost hitting passersby with her umbrella. “Come on‚ let’s go home‚ I need to have to time to prepare before we go.” Mitty threw the butt

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    Compare and Contrast: “The Story of an Hour” vs. “The Hand” Women in the 19th century were repressed by their husbands. Society was male dominated. Women were likely to stay at home to manage household and raise the children. Not many women had jobs at that time‚ and even the ones who did were paid salaries lower than men were. The two short stories "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin’s and “The Hand” by Colette both characterize the nature of marriage and womanhood by examining the worries of

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    Compare and Contrast Criminals are tried in our court system everyday for crimes they are accused of committing. In these court cases‚ witnesses are called to give an account of what happened in the particular incident and then a jury of twelve members decides the criminal’s ruling on the case. The jury does not listen to just one witness; it takes into account the stories of many witnesses in order to decipher the truth. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington

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    I at down slowly in the dark grey seat as the bell rang‚ signaling that first period had begun‚ I began to hate Monday when everyone was moving sooo sloooowley….. If I was boss I would destroy Mondays‚ wipe them up afterword‚ then nuke ‘em…. My eyes fluttered open‚ “Mi lord King Jules…. Vhat is Yourd Firdst decrdee?” The heavily accented man asked in his Funny way. My head shot up‚ he nodded respectfully‚ “I decree in my royal way‚ that Mondays should be destroyed for 1 millennium.” I shouted to

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    The life of Walter Mitty By Gregory Jones 9/17/12 Walter Mitty the Undefeated‚ inscrutable to the last. “Walter!” his wife yelled “what are you doing can’t you see I’m ready to leave!” Ok Mitty replied they got into the car and Mitty turned on the radio. The Football game had just ended‚ and the announcer was describing the atmosphere in the game it was the 4th quarter with only 30 seconds left on the clock. “Ok Mitty you’re going to throw to the drag route understand?” “Yeah coach

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    I like the last story that we read called the secret life of Walter Mitty because revealing people to define what situation we are in and why people do not like to face the problem and they choose to avoid . At the end of the story ‚ He realized fantasy won’t happen in real life that inspired me to find the meaning of life . In this story also explored more like if you have a dream ‚ It could be the courages that help you succeed. In the first unit ‚ my favorite character is Charlie’s father from

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    The Isolated Rooms Where Women Transform The short stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin can be considered as a feminist and gender theory. It is noted that both stories were written by women and narrated from a woman’s point of view. In this regard‚ we find that the plots in both these stories are altogether different from each other‚ yet they both touch upon similar topics and can be said to be fundamentally the same as to themes and

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