Secret life of Walter mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty VS The Necklace April Kahl
ENG 125 Introduction to Literature
Angela di Guaico
March 3, 2014
When comparing and contrasting short stories, one should look at tone, irony, theme, symbolism, and imagination. When all these literary terms are combined they make a great setting for a story.( The secret Life of Walter Mitty, and The Necklace), there are similarities in gender role of the characters, but there is differences, both of these short stories represent relationships in their marriage, through the main characters, and the roles they play. In this paper I will explain the similarities as well as the differences the characters play in both of these stories. I chose these two stories because they both have the same theme about marriage and love. (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and The Necklace) are written in third-person narration, and throughout the two stories one person point of view is used, it allows you to see the dreams and thoughts of the main characters. In (‘ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’), you are given some insight to his imagination of events throughout his day of errands that his wife is having him do while she is getting her hair done at the salon. In The Necklace’, you are given some insight into Madame Loise’s unhappy and depressing life that she lives and when she is given the opportunity to go to this high end event we get to see her at the ball in her dream, In the dream she is admired as much as the necklace she borrowed from a close friend for the ball. Her desire to be part of a high society in which she does not belong. The dream is captivity but destructive. Walter uses his day dreams of an exciting James Bond like life to escape his incredibly boring, predictable life. If he was not married he would not be having these day dreams. His wife does not like adventure at all, she even fears going above the maximum speed limit.
ENG 125 Introduction to Literature
Angela di Guaico
March 3, 2014
When comparing and contrasting short stories, one should look at tone, irony, theme, symbolism, and imagination. When all these literary terms are combined they make a great setting for a story.( The secret Life of Walter Mitty, and The Necklace), there are similarities in gender role of the characters, but there is differences, both of these short stories represent relationships in their marriage, through the main characters, and the roles they play. In this paper I will explain the similarities as well as the differences the characters play in both of these stories. I chose these two stories because they both have the same theme about marriage and love. (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and The Necklace) are written in third-person narration, and throughout the two stories one person point of view is used, it allows you to see the dreams and thoughts of the main characters. In (‘ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’), you are given some insight to his imagination of events throughout his day of errands that his wife is having him do while she is getting her hair done at the salon. In The Necklace’, you are given some insight into Madame Loise’s unhappy and depressing life that she lives and when she is given the opportunity to go to this high end event we get to see her at the ball in her dream, In the dream she is admired as much as the necklace she borrowed from a close friend for the ball. Her desire to be part of a high society in which she does not belong. The dream is captivity but destructive. Walter uses his day dreams of an exciting James Bond like life to escape his incredibly boring, predictable life. If he was not married he would not be having these day dreams. His wife does not like adventure at all, she even fears going above the maximum speed limit.
References: Clugston, .R.W, (2010). Journey into Literature. San Diego, California: Bridegepoint Education, Inc.