In 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
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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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Dorothy Rena Fong NBE3U1-01 Ms. Turczyniak Monday September 26‚ 2011 Critical Response- Walter Mitty Reflection People have the unique ability to focus on things the mind has never seen or experienced directly. People can imagine scenarios that might never actually occur. Naturally‚ human beings use a lot of time imagining infinite possibilities‚ spending nearly half of the waking hours daydreaming about anything that comes to mind. Imagination serves as an outlet to escape reality for a while
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I love funny/action movies like “The Secret life of Walter Mitty”‚ about a young man and everywhere he goes‚ he daydreams of a girl name Cheryl Melhoff . One day Walter was pasting around in New York. He had received a phone call from a random man on the phone‚ but surprisingly it was Todd from E-harmony. Todd was helping Walter with his profile and explaining how he could send a wink to Cheryl to capture her attention. After a while Walter imagined that he smelled burning fire in the building
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evident that Mitty is not a hero nor does he have control of his life. His wife is yelling at him and telling him what and how to do things‚ so he uses the dreams characters to escape reality. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” James Thurber uses characterization‚ language‚ and irony to help readers identify with Mitty’s mundane life. Thurber never tells the reader what Mitty looks like. Instead he uses keywords throughout the story to let the reader put together what they would imagine Mitty to be
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short story‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber‚ a middle aged man named Walter MItty‚ very regularly fantasises about what his life could be like‚ because he is bored and tired of his own life. But his wife‚ Mrs. Mitty‚ tries to protect him from his fantasies interfering in the real world. I believe Mrs. Mitty’s actions in the text are only to keep him safe and has his best interests at heart. Furthermore‚ Mrs. Mitty did not want Walter Mitty to get cold so she asked him‚ “Why
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[INSERT NAME HERE] Stone English Period 1 The Movie Life of Walter Mitty The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ by James Thurber‚ was a comedic short story about a peculiar man who continuously day dreamed about being a hero‚ which ultimately got him into trouble. For the movie adaptation of the story‚ Walter Mitty is portrayed as an unusual hero by Danny Kaye‚ Mitty’s love interest‚ Rosalind Van Hoorn‚ by Virginia Mayo‚ and the notorious Dr. Hollingshead by Boris Karloff. The three main aspects of
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Secret Life of Walter Mitty” depicts the inner monologue of an aging man as his mind drifts in and out of fantasies as he completes his routine tasks on an otherwise routine day. Walter Mitty represents the aging of era which defined the current age. They experienced so much in one era and yet were still caught by the hands of time. This adventure through an aging mind gives great insight into not only the character of Walter Mitty‚ but the character of a generation. Walter Mitty represents a
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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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squad vanished and Walter Mitty found himself on the sidewalk‚ drenched in rain‚ and the ashy remnants of his cigarette in hand. Mrs. Mitty stood in front of him‚ umbrella in hand‚ with a suspicious scowl on her face. “Look at you‚ your suit is drenched! It will take hours to dry and we are attending that concert tonight.” Mrs. Mitty flailed her arms as she spoke‚ almost hitting passersby with her umbrella. “Come on‚ let’s go home‚ I need to have to time to prepare before we go.” Mitty threw the butt
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