Walter Mitty Comparison

Another major difference between the written story and the movie is the character of the father. In the short story the author only mentions him briefly. "The father went to town to some office. But though

     The characters are totally different in the two versions. The short story’s main characters are a family; a husband, a wife, and two children. The film’s characters are a woman and a man, and the man’s mother and younger sister.

There are many similarities and some minor differences between the movie, directed by Claude Chabrol, and the short story it is based off of, written by Guy de Maupassant. The plot, setting, and characters are all highly similar in both the story and the film. In both, the plot follows the same scheme, it is set in Paris in the 1880’s, and all of the main characters are the same. The major difference that stood out to me is how these aspects are displayed at the beginning of the narrative.

In the movie and short story ¨The Secret LIfe of Walter Mitty¨ there was very different external conflicts, themes, and ways Walter acted.For example on the short story, walter's wife is always nagging at him for different things, but in the movie it is walter's boss and co-workers that are making his life difficult. In the short story, Walter is dull and not a very entertaining character 9 and has a very boring life, but in the movie he starts out that way but he gradually becomes a more adventurous, entertaining character with confidence. The theme of the short story was escaping reality, while one of the themes of the movie was beautiful things do not ask for attention. The differences in external conflict, ways Walter acts, and the themes between the movie and short story.

    In the movie the movie of Walter Mitty they had more places for the setting, while in the short story the setting only takes place in a city named Waterbury where all they do is run errands. It had basically explained how they were in Waterbury but different places within the city. Due to this the short story didn't have many characters. However in the movie Walter was in the office and traveled many places. He was trying to track down Sean O’Connell to set negative 25 which was the cover photo. Some of the places Walter traveled included Greenland, Iceland, and Afghanistan, while he did these things it showed him that he is an important person. Every time Walter traveled he would always have some type of daydream, an example is when he was on the way to the volcano and he fell due to a daydream he had. Therefore the daydreams that Walter has affects what he gets done and i say that the movie adds much more detail than the short story.

Sometimes when you are in a relationship, you start to wonder what your life would be like if you hadn't been with the person you are with if you aren't happy. In the short story by the author James Thurber called "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", a man named Walter Mitty daydreams about having different lifestyles away from his controlling wife. The theme of the short story is that you can be whoever you want to be as long as you are yourself. Throughout the short story, the literary terms found in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" are characterization and conflict and they are explained in many forms. They both show how Walter's daydreams relate to his real life and how he wishes his real life was different.

One way the story is different from the movie is that the story is very descriptive of characters and

What the short story and the short film have in common are that Margot still get bullied by her peers because she has faint memories of the sun. They both take place in the same setting and it rains all year except for the one day when the sun shines. In both, margot gets locked into a closet which leads to her not being able to see the sunlight. The film and the story are fairly similar and have many similarities and many differences as well.

Life is about finding yourself, each other, and being true to one’s self. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is an extremely original and creative story written by James Thurber. The movie, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, starring Ben Stiller, conveys a daydreamer escaping his typical life by disappearing into a realm of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. In both the movie and the book, the title character retreats into fantasy as an escape from his mundane reality because in the real world, he is ordinary, insecure, and passive. In the short story, Walter

The settings in the two stories are similar in the way that they both take place in a small town with a sense of poverty. The adults are portrayed as authoritative and the narrators feel trapped.

“Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?” She looked at him. “I’m going to take your temperature when I get you home,” she said(James thurber, Secret life of Walter Mitty). In the short story Walter’s wife thinks he’s sick or that something is wrong with him. He is daydreaming while driving, Walter has realized he isn’t satisfied with his life. He prefers to daydream to make his life better. Going in for a routine check up, becomes Walter dreaming about being a high profile doctor. Having lost his identity Walter is just going through the motions with his life. Getting shoes, dropping of his wife and getting a health check up has become mundane, his imagination has become the best thing about his life.

When watching the movie you can see the perspective of a job and the bore of it all. In the story however it makes the reader feel disconnected for only seeing in between scenes that trigger a daydream. This goes on throughout the story without a real plot. It seems as if the short story itself doesn’t have a plot as each dream is extreme without a peeking point. The movie on the other hand has a well thought out exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.In the short story there is no resolve at any time for it ends with a daydream. In the last scene on page 7 it states, “Fleeting smile playing on his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud,” From the text it clearly shows that he has the end in mind as he waits for his wife or possibly his life is so slow that waiting for her is irritable. The movies climax however is more intense since we get to actually see Walter and his life. So when the watcher sees him lose his job it allows them to be upset and to feel an emotional impact. He get’s fired from the management director Ted who says “We’ll make another cover, your

In the movie Walter Lee Younger tries to invest six thousand and five hundred dollars into a liquor company, later on finding out the money was taken. In the book Walter Lee Younger wants to show his son that he can support him,give him money for school, and other things. They both show how hard Walter Lee Younger worked to get successful. The difference is in the book Walter only worries about making something out of himself for his son, while in the movie he only focuses on making money and opening a business up

Walter told Mama how he felt. Mama gave Walter the money to make him the head of the house. The movie scene is better because it shows more emotions that you cannot get from the

Mrs.Mitty drives Walter insane and triggers his dreams. Walter can not stand his wife and in response ignores her through his fantasies. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, Mrs.Mitty finds Walter in the hotel lobby in a daze while reading a news paper and ask him “Why do you have to hide in this old chair?”(Thurber 47). Walter without realizing has once again found himself in a dream.