The life of Walter Mitty By Gregory Jones 9/17/12 Walter Mitty the Undefeated‚ inscrutable to the last. “Walter!” his wife yelled “what are you doing can’t you see I’m ready to leave!” Ok Mitty replied they got into the car and Mitty turned on the radio. The Football game had just ended‚ and the announcer was describing the atmosphere in the game it was the 4th quarter with only 30 seconds left on the clock. “Ok Mitty you’re going to throw to the drag route understand?” “Yeah coach
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Daydreams and Walter Mitty "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" You have all daydreamed from time to time but Walter Mitty is an excessive daydreamer. He daydreams because he is stressed out by his controlling wife. He also dozes off to dream about masculine adventures. Also the reason is he feels society does not get him and what kind of man he is. The last reason he daydreams is because he wants to get away from his boring life. In James Thurber’s "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚" Walter daydreams
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One of the main characters‚ Smash‚ makes the correct decision to go on strike and returns at the correct time because of Coach Magill’s dehumanizing comments‚ the lack of a full-hearted apology‚ and the needs of Smashes African American teammates. In the beginning of the film‚ Coach Magill‚ when being interviewed after the team’s big win at states says that Smash and several of his other black teammates are “junk yard dogs”. The moment he compared black people to animals is where the conversation
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From reading the book‚ “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and watching the movie‚ it is made clear that Walter Mitty is not just any ordinary man. In both the short story and the movie‚ it seems Walter Mitty is completely lost. Mitty has trouble focusing on what is in front of him‚ instead he daydreams about an exciting life‚ that he does not have. The book and movie both show how Mitty has relationship issues‚ how his daily routine is absolutely boring and how he daydreams about the exciting life he
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allows characters — like Walter Lee Younger — to be performed differently by actors. By contrasting Sidney Poitier’s and Danny Glover’s performance‚ this paper will argue that the actors focus on inferable character qualities of Walter Lee that present Walter’s
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starting to slip away from us” In this scene‚ as usual‚ Ruth and Walter Lee are bickering but I now see where the root of the problem lies. It is like they have become accustomed to the life they live but do not want to accept; Ruth and Walter placed blame where they saw fit. They fault one another for letting the other down; all their aspirations in life were nothing but pipe dreams now.
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in a late 1950’s South Side‚ Chicago. It was the first play written by an African-American to ever reach the renowned halls of Broadway. It’s translation into a film won it praise at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival‚ and is also a Tony Award winning Best Musical (1973). Walter Younger‚ a father and husband at best‚ struggles to define himself as one person with set traits as he chops and changes back and forth from disappointments and triumphs. Walter Younger‚ a 35 year old African American man‚ serves
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Walter Mitty is initially a character with a very regular routine‚ not participating in much activity out of work having not done or “been anywhere noteworthy or mentionable” a fact confirmed by his empty travel journal. He lives a routine lifestyle‚ striving to maintain his record of “no mistakes.” Another aspect of his character is his fearful nature: not even considering the prospect of asking his coworker Cheryl out on a date‚ being only think to himself “I can’t.” To escape his reality‚ Walter
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Book Review This book written by Jim Bishop is an hour-by-hour account of what happened on April 14‚ 1865. "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" begins at 7am. April 14‚ and closes at 7am.‚ April 15th‚ 1865. This book opens with President Lincoln getting out of bed worried about a dream in which he saw himself dead. The author begins by saying‚ "This is a book about a day‚ a place and a murder." He starts it all describing the morning of Friday‚ April 14‚ 1865. He describes Lincoln as
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“Walter‚ I thought I told you to change that light bulb.” Mrs. Mitty said scornfully at her husband. Paying no attention to his wife‚ Walter walked right past he and into their sitting room. I’ll get to it‚ Walter thought as he sat down on his recliner. His gaze travels to the fish tank on his left. Walter stares at the fish‚ watching them pop in and out of the plants in the tank. He keeps his gaze locked on a black fish‚ which kept swimming in and out of a decoration of a sunken ship. “Walter! Walter
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