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Abstract I have chosen to compare the two short stories “The Story of an Hour”‚ by Kate Chopin and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ by James Thurber. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a short story written in 1937. The main character is an older man that drives his wife to town for beauty parlor visits and weekly shopping. “The Story of an Hour” was published in 1894. The main character‚ Louise Mallard‚ thinks that she will find freedom from the death of her husband. These short stories share
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Bad habits can range from biting your nails‚ to smoking so there are quite a lot of negative tendencies people can have. One particular example of this is shown in the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber. Mitty’s habit is daydreaming. His vivid daydreams nearly cause him physical harm at two points in the story. The first instance is when his daydream happens behind the wheel of his car. If his wife had not snapped him out
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Maria Millan Defendant: Dean Witter Reyonlds‚ Inc History of the case: At trial court they directed a verdit for Dean Witter on issues of Vicarious liability. They found Dean Witter is 15% liable and found Millan is 85% responsible. After Millan appeal the court’s decision‚ the court of appeals also upheld the jury verdict that Dean Witter was only 15% responsible. Overall decision of the case was in favor of Dean Witter. The facts: Millan son was her broker at Dean Witter Reynolds‚ Inc. He
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Walter Mitty‚ an Avid Daydreamer Jannie W. Shelnutt ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Dr. Paula Porter June 17‚ 2012 Walter Mitty‚ an Avid Daydreamer James Thurber is known for his humor in writing. “His most famous short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a single joke ingeniously sustained (Maddocks‚ 1985).” Who doesn’t daydream from time to time? In the short story‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ we learn that Walter Mitty is an avid daydreamer. This story tells of
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Walter Lee younger Character Analysis “You name it son… and I hand you the world” said Walter (678). This was Walter Younger’s way of sharing his dreams with his son‚ Travis. In Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” a constant theme of hoping for better and a new life kept coming into play. Throughout the play‚ it is quite obvious that most characters would like to have a little more in life‚ but I think this theme is best shown through Walter. Walter Lee Younger is a middle-aged‚ African-American
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“A Raisin in the Sun”; A Study of Walter Younger “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude” – Oprah Winfery. In the film “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Walter Lee Younger reveals the following three dominant traits which make him a complex character 1) industrious‚ 2) greedy‚ and 3) chauvinistic. Walter displays many dominant traits throughout the movie. In my opinion‚ those there stick out the most. The first dominant
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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
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After taking the Myers-Briggs personality type test‚ I received the ISFJ personality type: Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging. While reading the description for ISFJ‚ I could agree with what it was saying almost one hundred percent. The description stated that ISFJs by their desire to serve others and obtain the “need to be needed.” I found that this description fits me very well: I often feel the need to serve and be needed by others. I enjoy helping out in ministry‚ at home‚ and within other homes
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The short story by Sue Mann; "The Long Journey"‚ has a main character named Walter. Walter is a bit of a complex character‚ but reveals characteristics about himself as the story goes on. Walter is a procrastinator‚ gets distracted easily‚ and is desperate. One of the first characteristics that Walter reveals to us is that he is a procrastinator. He revels this as he recounts the events of his previous night. "Three days ago I began to get worried about the story. I know I shouldn’t procrastinate
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