Theme Of Responsibility In The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
The weight of responsibility to others can be a mill stone, but it is the responsibility to ourselves that can help us find ourselves. This is supported by the film the Secret life of Walter Mitty. Plot and subtext in this film support this theme. The motifs of water and technology support the ideal of change.
Responsibility is something most people have to live with; some have to face responsibility earlier in life than the average Joe. For example Walter had to take on the responsibility of supporting a family by the time he was sixteen. Doing this caused him to live for his family and not himself the first scene of the movie is Walter balancing his checkbook; one of the five items are for himself, the rest are for his mother and sister.
Responsibility is something most people have to live with; some have to face responsibility earlier in life than the average Joe. For example Walter had to take on the responsibility of supporting a family by the time he was sixteen. Doing this caused him to live for his family and not himself the first scene of the movie is Walter balancing his checkbook; one of the five items are for himself, the rest are for his mother and sister.