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    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 that

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    Reflection “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Autumn Manriquez English 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor Corey King October 1‚ 2012 Reading Reflection of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” The Reader-Response Approach is the way I connected to “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. In this approach you can relate to the piece of literature by a personal experience. I worked with a lady by the name of Mary Hodges and she is the female version of the character Walter Mitty. This story is very

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    ENGL 2342.MS1 27 May 2014 The Psychoanalysis of Walter Mitty In James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ the character Walter Mitty suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder. He is continuously imagining himself in alternate realities throughout the story‚ most of which are reflected around war. The different fantasies that he imagines himself in are driving a Navy hydroplane‚ performing an intense medical operation‚ being put on trial in a courtroom‚ flying an Air Force jet‚ and

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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty For my midterm paper‚ I will discuss the film experience of one of my favorite recent films‚ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ directed and starring Ben Stiller. This film is the story of a man with many dreams and aspirations‚ who daydreams about a different life‚ filled with his fantasies of heroism‚ romance and action. I will analyze the mise-en-scené‚ cinematography‚ editing‚ and film sound of this film. The thing about this film is that there are so many different

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    studies show the truth: hope‚ dreams‚ and goals are the psychological vehicles driving success. [B] In Of Mice and Men‚ the dream is to leave the life of work and travel behind and live on a ranch‚ in War Dance‚ the goal is to do well at the national music competition‚ and in The Secret Life of Walter MittyWalter Mitty hopes for a more interesting life in a series of daydreams‚ to ultimately find that he has been living the true daydream. [C] Hope‚ dreams‚ and goals allowed the people portrayed

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    which is also emphasized in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ “Young Goodman Brown”‚ and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. Walter Mitty’s‚ Goodman Brown’s‚ and the Misfit’s behaviors all raise the question: how much is identity shaped by other’s opinions versus by our own? Walter Mitty expresses the side of shaping his own identity in order to go against

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    Meaning of life The movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” encourages and gives the viewers hope. Hope to find themselves in adventures and to explore the true meaning of what it is to be alive. In the movie‚ Walter Mitty the main character is struck that he has never actually explored the world‚ like (the magazine he prints the photos for‚ they send him pictures from the world and he puts them in the magazine and the whole world sees the beauty.) his job does‚ because he works for the magazine

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    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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    In the story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurbur‚ the main character‚ Walter Mitty‚ fantasizes very unrealistic and heroic daydreams. Mitty wishes his life was more interesting. He takes normal everyday activities and turns them into a fun adventure in his mind to escape his boring life. Mitty’s wife‚ Mrs. Mitty‚ is always nagging him and looking out for him. I feel that her actions are influenced by the fact that she has to protect Mitty from himself and has his best interests

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    Unit: Short Stories “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Creative Writing Assignment Writing Situation: In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” the protagonist leads an unfulfilling‚ unsatisfying‚ and mundane existence. His only solace seems to come from the many daydreams that transport him to another place where his altered Ego dominates the landscape. By observing Walter Mitty’s exciting and lively daydreams‚ we get a distinct sense of what is sorely lacking in his real life. Directions for Writing:

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