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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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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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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Analysis of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Camie Ayash ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Professor Janelle Jalbert May 28‚ 2012 Analysis of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” The literature that I chose to write an analysis on is “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. This short story was written in 1939 by James Thurber. Thurber’s writing style for this story is very imaginative‚ humorous and symbolic. Thurber tells the story in a third- person point of view‚ which allows the narrator
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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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The “Imagined” Life Of Walter Mitty James Thurber writes a short story about the life of a man who imagines his life a little bit more exciting than his normal‚ mundane‚ boring life. The story starts out with Walter and his wife driving to town. Walter was imagining that he was driving a NAVY hydroplane through a terrible storm only to have his fantasy shattered by the nagging voice of his wife informing him that he was driving too fast. After dropping his wife off at her hair appointment
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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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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Carl Gunther ENG125 Professor King February 13‚ 2012 Walter Mitty is an imaginary character‚ but he reminds me of myself and many people that I know. The main focus of the story is Walter’s behavior. Walter tends to get distracted from the real world and his normal life‚ sent into day-dreams in which he is more important. Walter uses his everyday interactions to make a fantasy world in which he is the main character during a drastic time‚ making him feel more
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In the 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
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“The 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
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