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    Powell ENG: 125 Prof. Wanda Deffenbaugh July‚ 18 2011 In the short story “the Secret Life of Walter Mitty” the themes identified are; the ability to escape real world events and frustrations by daydreaming and making himself feel important by always becoming the hero in his daydreams. Walter Mitty is very submissive to his wife‚ and she is pictured as sort of a bully and in order for him to escape his hectic life with his wife‚ he uses his imagination. In his daydreams‚ he becomes a commander

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    Jurrell D. Harrison The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and The Story of an Hour Introduction to Literature Professor Daw Monday 12th December 2011 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ written by James Thurber (1939) and the Story of an Hour written by Chopin (1894) are the two literary works that will be compared and contrasted in this paper. Both these pieces depict some of the trials and tribulations of a union in marriage‚ such as the want of independence and excitement; experiences

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    Diego Ampuero Gac English 102 M‚ W‚ & F Dr. Williams March 17‚ 2010 The relationship between men and women in ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ In this research paper‚ I am going to analyze the relationship between men and women in the short story ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ by James Thurber. In this essay I am going to discuss how he shows the conflicts between the man that want to be adventurous‚ perverted‚ and that lives in several fantasies‚ but behind that man there is a woman

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    Theme and corresponding works in the short stories Secret Life of Walter Mitty and I’m Going! Benjamin McDonald Ashford University English 125 Professor Smith August 24‚ 2012 Gender roles and marriage have been stereotyped for years. The husband earned a living while the woman stayed home did the cooking and laundry and raised the kids. Today‚ however‚ roles have reversed in many households. The husbands stay home and take care of the children‚ do the cooking‚ and run the

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    short stories‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and “Uncle Marcos” by Isabel Allende‚ they dream about different situations happening to them that would not happen in their regular life. Mitty always imagined himself as different people‚ sharing Mitty’s identity‚ doing different and more exciting jobs than the one he had currently. Marcos‚ in an opposing situation‚ imagined flying away in his “bird” over the city far away. Both “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Uncle Marcos”

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    since 1971. It was later considered it was not legal for same sex marriage and tradition for marriage in the United States has been designed as legal commitment between a man and a woman. However‚ homosexual relationships are increasingly gaining the interest of acceptance in our country. Vermont was the first state to introduce civil unions in July of 2002‚ and the first state to legalize same sex marriage without being required to do so by court(Goodnough‚ A. 2009).Some states have considered a form

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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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    picture in your mind of something that you have not seen or experienced‚” as stated by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. This one word connects characters from‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” by James Thurber and‚ “Uncle Marcos‚” by Isabel Allende. The main character’s ‚ Uncle Marcos and Walter Mitty‚ of both stories have lots to learn from one another‚ from expressing their actions in real life to just imagining them for their own pleasure the two men are alike and different in many ways. Walter Mitty

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    Sometimes a person’s life is not as exciting as they want it to be. People often try to excite their lives through various methods. In the short stories‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Open Window”‚ both main characters try to stimulate their lives by changing the perception of reality. First‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ by author James Thurber tells the reader about a story where a man tries to escape his extremely mundane life with numerous fantasies. For example‚ Walter Mitty’s daydream

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    In the stories‚ “the yellow wallpaper” and “the Secret Life of Walter Mitty” they have Protagonists that both use their imaginative power to escape reality. The difference between the two is that one of them could come back to reality while the other slowly lost her mind. Both protagonists have similar reasons for trying to escape reality and for both it mainly involves their domestic lives and spouse. Both characters are constantly being told what‚ and how to do things by those close to them‚ leaving

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