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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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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Guedouar Mr. Forsyth ENG 3U October 7‚ 2014 Ta-pocketa-pocketa: the analysis of Mitty’s character In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ by James Thurber‚ Walter Mitty desires dominance‚ but knows that he cannot achieve his dreams due to the constant put down by his controlling wife. Walter‚ a middle-aged man has daydreams to assert his dominance which he does not have in his real life. Mitty starts to daydream that he is a “commander” of a “navy hydroplane” and he is trying to save his whole crew
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The life of Walter Mitty By Gregory Jones 9/17/12 Walter Mitty the Undefeated‚ inscrutable to the last. “Walter!” his wife yelled “what are you doing can’t you see I’m ready to leave!” Ok Mitty replied they got into the car and Mitty turned on the radio. The Football game had just ended‚ and the announcer was describing the atmosphere in the game it was the 4th quarter with only 30 seconds left on the clock. “Ok Mitty you’re going to throw to the drag route understand?” “Yeah coach
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The story of Walter Mitty is of interest. Walter Mitty is a normal man except for one thing.. his wild daydreams that take him from our reality to a totally different story‚ But there’s only one question‚ what telling of this story is better? the book or the movie? in this essay we will be discussing with only 3 reasons‚ why the movie is better than the book. First of all‚ one of the biggest reasons the movie is better than the book is because of the quality of the flashbacks. In the book the flashbacks
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shoulder by your teacher and a class full of laughing peers. It happens to everyone at one point or another. Every high school student has been succumbed to a wild daydreaming adventure. In the short story‚ "The secret life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber‚ a man by the name of Walter Mitty can hardly tell reality from his vivid imaginary dreams which undertake him spontaneously as he feuds with his nagging wife. In a very similar short story‚ "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving‚ the main character
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ directed by Norman Mc Lean‚ was a much better piece of work than the short story‚ "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚" written by James Thuber‚ because the video had a satisfying conclusion‚ more action‚ and a much more developed and advanced plot. The conclusion of the story left you unsatisfied and discontent because it didn’t really tell you what happens to the protagonist; it just ends‚ while the movie ends with Walter‚ the protagonist‚ finding love. Walter also
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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" written by James Thurber and the story of "Rip Van Winkle" written by Washington Irving are similar in many ways. Both characters use dreaming to escape what appear to be drab lives they live. The wife figures in both stories seem to be overbearing and constantly nag each man. Depending on what the reader takes away from each story‚ they can believe the nagging is justified in the actions of the man or the actions of the man are due to the nagging of the wives
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Essay On Mitty Erica Tosh ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Prof. Alex Vuilleumier August 1‚ 2011 Reader-Response Critical Essay On Mitty Did you listen to anything that I just said to you‚ are you even paying attention to me at all? These words are often what I hear rolling off of my grandmother’s tongue‚ the constant bickering‚ everything needing to be done a certain way at a particular time. This seems to be the same way Walter Mitty lives his life in the short story‚ “The Secret Life
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Living a Double Life Desiré P. Edmond ENG 125 - Introduction to Literature Instructor: Irene Robles-Huerta December 16‚ 2013 Living a Double Life In James Thurber’s short story‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” Walter Mitty uses his dreams as a means of escaping and to convey his feelings of irritation and unhappiness. When an individual daydreams‚ they have the tendency of escaping the trivial aspects of life and attaining a sense of freedom from their real world situations.
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