“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber is a story of a man who wishes for more then he has in life. By looking inside himself and using his imagination he is able to escape from every day life. His real life is mundane and repetitive‚ but by using his imagination he can experience things that few people ever get the chance to. People in the modern world do not have classic opportunities to be heroic; they often turn to living vicariously through characters in cinema. Walter Mitty’s life
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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
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY The Secret Life of Walter Mitty “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a story about an individual that constantly seems to be caught up in numerous daydreams and thoughts that have nothing to do with everyday matters. James Thurber treats Mitty’s actions very entertaining‚ and at the same time his humor catches our attention to the need of communication and the importance of human relationships. In marriage relationships is critical that we know
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber Copyright Notice ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks used herein under license. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: http://www.enotes.com/secret-life/copyright eNotes: Table of Contents 1. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Introduction 2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: James Thurber Biography 3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Summary
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the story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber‚ is a story about a man named Walter Mitty and he is a daydreamer that dreams all day. He is a man that loses all of his day dreaming and daydreams about things that he sees and anything around him. He is a man that nobody really appreciates and knows very well‚ his wife is very controlling and bossy. Walter is a loyal guy‚ he does not have much of a life‚ and he bad memory. If I had the chance to eat dinner with Walter Mitty then he would
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty In James Thurber’s 1939s short story‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” the main character Walter Mitty‚ uses his imagination as a need to escape and express the emotions of anger along with self-pit that he feels daily. By means of daydreaming‚ he is able to escape the trivial details of everyday life and achieve freedom from his reality. Through the literary essentials of character‚ tone‚ and symbolism‚ James Thurber is able to illustrate how
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” by James Thurber Walter Mitty is an imaginative man. The story takes place over the course of a shopping trip that is frequently interrupted by Walter’s daydreams. His daydreams all have him as the main character that has been thrown into extremely urgent situations. It begins with a daydream that Walter is an adventurous polite that is flying through an intense storm. In his next one‚ Walter Mitty is an experienced surgeon and
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James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” we see the main character drive into Waterbury‚ Connecticut‚ with his wife for some weekly shopping and his wife’s routinely visit to the salon. During the shopping trip he has five dreams that cross his mind. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” shows us how he used imagination to channel someone deep within himself. It allows Walter to set himself apart from everyday reality. The story is based around a boring man who goes shopping with his wife
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber is a short story about escaping the mundane repetitiveness of everyday life through familiar places that remind the main character of historical moments in history. Walter Mitty is an ordinary man who dreams of being extraordinary. Part of the reasoning for his dissatisfaction with his everyday life is that he fails to live up to what he holds as masculine ideals. (Shmoop Editorial Team‚ 2008) He is a lousy driver‚ forgetful and a passive husband.
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