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    Thurber’s‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” are two works of literature that focus on the themes gender roles and marriage‚ with some similarities‚ but with even more differences. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” Thurber shows a marriage that is not typical. In this marriage Walter has a wife who is controlling‚ bossy‚ and runs the house hold. She’s aggressive‚ overbearing‚ and condescending. She’s everything Walter‚ the husband‚ is not. In comparison‚ Walter is very passive and compliant

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    and selfish person. He would go out do drugs and would be concerned where he would work next and get his money similar to Walter lee from raisin in the sun. Walter would be in trouble not with the police but his wife. He would hate his job because he didn’t take pride in it and would get paid very poorly. Both would put themselves before anyone else. Walter lee and Malcolm

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    An Innocent Boy In Walter Dean Myer’s novel Monster‚ a young‚ black 16 year-old‚ Steve Harmon is on trial for participating in a robbery and murder. Steve is innocent. Why? Ms. Petrocelli describes him as a monster. Why? She sees a young‚ black teenager. She stereotypes Steve. She assumes that he would commit the crime by his association with Bobo and James. To her he seems ready to confess. However‚ I see that Steve plays no part in the crime. He is not a “monster.” One reason I believe that

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    English Written Assignment Analyze of the text “The baddest dog in Harlem” by Walter Dean Myers The story tells of a group people‚ including the narrator (the author Walter Dean Myers?)‚ and what the group experiences one tragic day in Harlem. We meet the group as they discuss which boxer is the best in the world‚ when suddenly many policemen begin to appear‚ and begin to ask questions about a suspect they are searching for. Unfortunately‚ one policeman slips in some dog shit and his gun accidentally

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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is James Thurber’s most famous writing. It is acclaimed for the use of words and clever humor‚ portraying the American culture most adeptly. Throughout the short story there were flowing themes of heroism and death. These are effectively conveyed by contrasting images and effective use of words. It is interesting that all of Walter Mitty’s fantasies have an underlying theme of death. There are five daydreams in total‚ and all of them have characters related to death

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    such as limited close-ups and non-diegetic sounds to portray tensions present in the Younger family. The 2008 film failed to use an adequate amount of techniques and does not depict the tension as well as its older predecessor. Early in the scene‚ Walter follows Ruth around while she makes breakfast‚ trying to persuade her to tell Mama about his dreams. While standing over her‚ he goes far enough to try to make her participation beneficial to everything she’s tired with‚ saying “You’re tired‚ ain’t

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    The novel‚ “The Bully Boys” by Eric Walters chapters 15-18 continues about a farm boy named Thomas who rides alongside James FitzGibbon as a companion due to the fact the Americans are hunting him down. First‚ FitzGibbon is hit by a musket ball and is injured. Thomas needs to defend FitzGibbon from getting hit again so‚ Thomas kills 1 soldier‚ badly wounds 1 while the third one escaped. The injured soldier tells Thomas to deliver a letter to his wife and kids because he thinks he is close to death

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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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    Analysis of “Summer” a poem by Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers poem “Summer” describes in short how the hot summer days are. This is the reason why I chose the poem. It brings me to a younger time in my life when it was less complicated. It was all about having fun. After reading the poem and the mention of “old men” in line 8 the perspective could be from a young person. It brings me to the thoughts of my summer days with my great uncles and their inability to do much during the heat of the

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    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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