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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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    “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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    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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    out the course of the story it is evident that Mitty is not a hero nor does he have control of his life. His wife is yelling at him and telling him what and how to do things‚ so he uses the dreams characters to escape reality. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” James Thurber uses characterization‚ language‚ and irony to help readers identify with Mitty’s mundane life. Thurber never tells the reader what Mitty looks like. Instead he uses keywords throughout the story to let the reader put together

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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Marcus Wilson English 125 Alex Vuilleumier 12/18/2013 In James Thurber ’s short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚" we encounter a man who constantly daydreams. Since the story is told in a third-person narration‚ the readers have a distinct perspective and a better understanding of the character ’s personality and thought process. With access to the protagonist ’s mind‚ the readers are able to understand and relate the significance of his dreams to his

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    “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Cohlmeyer‚ Lou Chetta ENG 125 Kim Elliot-White October 29‚ 2012 “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Thurbur uses satire to call attention to the humorous ways in illustrating the daydreamer in Mitty‚ and the background of this story about a marriage relationship. In this story Mitty is constantly lost in his own world of being anyone he chooses or desires to create in his own mind while escaping the

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    9.9 of every 100‚000 teenagers are the cause for deaths. Steve Harmon is a high school student‚ who is sent to jail and is being tried for murder. The plot takes place in Steve’s jail cell and the court room. The lesson to be learned from the book is‚ if someone does something wrong they have to pay for it. The book is a murder mystery‚ that can entertain anyone. This book is a must read in my opinion. The plot of the book Monster includes setting‚ main character‚ and conflicts. First‚ the story

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    The purpose of this paper is to address the question of whether Wilfred of Ivanhoe‚ the main character of Sir Walter Scott’s book‚ Ivanhoe‚ married the right woman. The two women in the book to be discussed are Rebecca‚ the kind healer daughter of the rich Jew‚ and Rowena‚ the princess of the Saxons living in England. Both women loved Ivanhoe‚ and at the end of the tale‚ what he does surprises the reader‚ marries Rowena‚ bringing his race together even more fully in England. Ivanhoe has been away

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    opposite. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber‚ Walter Mitty constantly has daydreams. Mitty lives a dull‚ repetitive lifestyle. He is always running errands for his wife‚ and he uses his daydreams as a distraction. Mitty goes on a variety of adventures such as being a pilot‚ conducting an important surgery‚ and even facing a firing squad. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ James Thurber gives these vivid daydreams purpose by helping the character Walter Mitty escape from his normal

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    This event from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" occurred only in the confines of the short story’s main character by the same name’s mind. It is simply an illustration of how Mitty can take mundane situations like shopping for puppy biscuits and escape from it using his imagination. Written by James Thurber and published in The New Yorker‚ in 1939 “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was an instant hit. This four page story takes place in the tiny town of Waterbury‚ Connecticut during the same year

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