Anton S. Shelton October 31‚ 2011 Week 1: Assignment David Makhanlall‚ Instructor The reader response-response approach to critical literature “asks you to “connect” with literature‚ to find a personal link or imaginative entry into a story‚ poem‚ or play.” (Clugston‚ P. 413) Normally for any reader‚ this is one of the main characteristics the reader is performing. The reader by default is looking for some form of connection to the literary work he/she may be reading. Therefore‚ when the reader
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (2013) The second adaptation of a 1939 short story and re-released by the late Samuel Goldwyn junior in 2013‚ The secret life of Walter Mitty is an adventure romance film. This movie is set in the dot com era where internet is available to almost every facet of society. Losses on the print version of magazines have resulted in some of the publications scrambling to the online platform to capture the internet market. This gives rise to the last printed issue of LIFE
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“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Herbert‚ Walter Mitty daydreams all the time. He daydreams while driving‚ eating‚ and if he’s working he is probably day dreaming. I would have dinner with him because I can talk all I want‚ I can space out when I want and he won’t care. Also when I’m done eating I can leave him the bill and he has to pay. Those are some of the reasons I would like to have dinner with Walter Mitty. The best reason I want to have dinner with Walter is that he and I can
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Ben Stiller’s‚ "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"‚ is the story of a peculiarly mature‚ high ranking cubicle dweller named Walter Mitty (portrayed by Ben Stiller) working in the photography department of Life magazine. In the beginning of the film‚ it is made clear that Mitty has issues ’zoning out’ and becoming completely oblivious of his surroundings for short periods of time. When Walter is zoning out‚ he daydreams about absolutely absurd and unrealistic situations where he is more than the typical
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In the film‚ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ our protagonist learns various life lessons throughout his journey: his journey of finding negative twenty-five for the last issue of Life magazine. A life lesson that stood out and changed Walter the most was‚ “stop dreaming and start living.” This is the life lesson that stood out the most because it really dictates what the movie is about. For me‚ the lesson I got from the movie was to be courageous and to live in the now. Also‚ this is the lesson
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rather than one of her others? 8. How does Thurber create humour in his story? “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” 1. Explain what the title of the story refers to. 2. Why does Walter Mitty find it necessary to have a “secret life”? 3. Although he does not dare disobey Mrs. Mitty openly‚ he does defy her in little ways. Give an example of this defiance. 4. In this story‚ Walter drifts off into five different fantasies. Each fantasy is triggered by something in the real world that sets
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Reflection “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Autumn Manriquez English 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor Corey King October 1‚ 2012 Reading Reflection of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” The Reader-Response Approach is the way I connected to “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. In this approach you can relate to the piece of literature by a personal experience. I worked with a lady by the name of Mary Hodges and she is the female version of the character Walter Mitty. This story is very entertaining
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film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ directed by Ben Stiller. It is a good movie about Walter Mitty (played by Ben Stiller) who is a White collar worked for film picture in Life Magazine for 16 years. The famous photographer Sean O’Connell (played by Sean Penn) send some specific film picture for the last issue of magazine’s cover. Walter never lost any pictures for past 16 years‚ but this time‚ he can’t find the negative No.25 film picture for a magazine’s cover. So Walter decides go to find Sean
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The story of Walter Mitty is of interest. Walter Mitty is a normal man except for one thing.. his wild daydreams that take him from our reality to a totally different story‚ But there’s only one question‚ what telling of this story is better? the book or the movie? in this essay we will be discussing with only 3 reasons‚ why the movie is better than the book. First of all‚ one of the biggest reasons the movie is better than the book is because of the quality of the flashbacks. In the book the flashbacks
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ written by James Thurber‚ tells the story of a forgetful and incompetent man who cannot handle simple tasks in his everyday life. Nevertheless‚ he takes advantage of his exceptional ability of imagination to escape his
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