the book “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Herbert‚ Walter Mitty daydreams all the time. He daydreams while driving‚ eating‚ and if he’s working he is probably day dreaming. I would have dinner with him because I can talk all I want‚ I can space out when I want and he won’t care. Also when I’m done eating I can leave him the bill and he has to pay. Those are some of the reasons I would like to have dinner with Walter Mitty. The best reason I want to have dinner with Walter is that he and
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Ben Stiller’s‚ "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"‚ is the story of a peculiarly mature‚ high ranking cubicle dweller named Walter Mitty (portrayed by Ben Stiller) working in the photography department of Life magazine. In the beginning of the film‚ it is made clear that Mitty has issues ’zoning out’ and becoming completely oblivious of his surroundings for short periods of time. When Walter is zoning out‚ he daydreams about absolutely absurd and unrealistic situations where he is more than the typical
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performing. The reader by default is looking for some form of connection to the literary work he/she may be reading. Therefore‚ when the reader begins to make these connections‚ they are already utilizing the reader-response perspective. In the Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ James Thurber seemed to create a character that found ways to patch over his wifes nagging with how own imaginary stories. It seemed as though he had pretend lives that he used with the wife. When he was driving the car‚ he pretended
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A Life Hidden In Plain Sight is an autobiography by M.E. Thomas about her living life as a diagnosed sociopath. The book describes her journey of figuring out how to live a normal life with her diagnoses‚ while trying to hide it from the rest of the world. M.E. Thomas tries to give the readers a glimpse into her life‚ while also describing what it is like to be a sociopath‚ and how misjudged they often are. A sociopath‚ as described in the book‚ is someone who feels no empathy towards others and
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creativity. However‚ imagination may lead to an excessive amount of daydreaming‚ which has its own consequences. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ written by James Thurber‚ tells the story of a forgetful and incompetent man who cannot handle simple tasks in his everyday life. Nevertheless‚ he takes advantage of his exceptional ability of imagination to escape his
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I believe that the structure used in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was the descriptive structure because it describes what Mr. Mitty’s life could have been like if he had done something different. For example‚ the daydreams of being in the military and flying planes. The structure in "Gumption" is compare and contrast because the entire story is Clara naming the differences between the Oysters and Sylvester. For example‚ the story starts off with her talking about Sylvester needing gumption and
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Emma “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” used an unconventional plot which a plot doesn’t have an exposition‚ a rising action‚ a climax‚ a falling action and a denouement in that order‚ however‚ an unconventional plot makes the story of Walter Mitty’s theme more stronger and leave a lot of imagination to the reader. The story developed the story by using smalls things‚ randomly appeared‚ as clues to connect the stories‚ so the story
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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
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ is a film directed by Ben Stiller. It’s an adventure drama‚ about a Negative Assets manager at Life magazine (played by Ben Stiller). Through the lens of Walter Mitty‚ we see how he feels small and useless as he can not get the girl he’s obsessed with. His company is switching from a paper copy to an electronic copy‚ Walter was in charge of getting the last cover page for the company. He loses the picture and goes on a gurney looking for the picture‚ across the ocean
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seeing the universe in the eyes of another‚ of hundreds of others‚ in seeing hundreds of universes that each of them sees”. Through the analysis of the two Robert Gray poems of ‘Journey‚ the North Coast’ and ‘The Meatworks’‚ as well as ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’‚ directed by Ben Stiller‚ we as an audience learn that the key to discovery is developing a greater capacity to view the world from different perspectives other than ones own‚ leading to new understandings and personal growth. The audience
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