The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

In the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Walter Mitty worked as a negative assets manager for "Life" magazine. Walter Mitty had an average, uneventful life, up until he got assigned by his new boss to find the perfect cover picture. Walter Mitty has connections with Sean O' Connel, who was a photographer. Sean's life was a mystery, allowing Walter Mitty to experience adventure and find himself. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty amazed me through its scenery. The movie was filmed in various

the short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber, is about a man that dreams about having a better more action filled life. In Walter Mitty’s dreams he sees himself as a very exciting person with an action filled life. While in real life he is a very forgetful, not happy who takes orders from his wife. Day dream Walter Mitty is total opposite of real life Walter Mitty. Walter Mitty is very forgetful in normal activities throughout his day. When Walter Mitty is out doing errands

“Secret life of Walter Mitty” By James Thurber is about success versus failure. In reality, Walter is a failure who doesn’t do anything right. In Walter’s daydreams, he is in charge of his life, he is well known, and others look up to him. When reading “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber it becomes clear that Walter Mitty in reality is not successful which is different from who he is in his daydreams, where he is in control. In reality, Walter Mitty is not successful. He always thinks

March 2015 Literary Analysis of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber is a short story in the limited omniscient point of view. The title of the story suggests that not only does Walter Mitty isolate himself from reality by fantasizing, but that his dreams are a secret from the world. While Mrs. Mitty plays the antagonist, Walter Mitty takes part in being the protagonist with his primary personal figure. Mittys life does not contain drastic changes, “In

live a life of action and excitement. This concept is the exact idea that James Thurber wrote about in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” utilizing indirect characterization and motifs to highlight those ideas. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” the characterization through the actions and thoughts of Walter Mitty are employed to expose his personality and subsequently act as a catalyst for the plot development. The story taking place primarily in 1939 Waterbury, Connecticut, Walter Mitty drives

Imagination and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" appears to be a simple story of old Walter Mitty going on a trip into town with his controlling wife, Mrs. Mitty. Walter is incompetent at many things and forgets things easily. His imagination is what makes him special. The author, Thurber, tells the story in omniscient, third-person point of view. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” sees escape through fantasy as a significant element of

What Kind of Life Would You Like to Live? What does life mean to you? Do you know the real definition of life? The film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, produced by Ben Stiller focuses on the life of a man named Walter Mitty and his love interest Cheryl. He is a very dull and lifeless man working at Life Magazine that daydreams about “what if” moments. As he was working he had misplaced a very important negative for the very last issue of Life Magazine. Later into the film he had to go on a voyage

Day Dreaming In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thurber uses day dreams to portray that Walter Mitty’s life isn’t exactly the life he wishes he lived. Thurber uses simple sounds to take Mitty into a whole different world, where he is the most important figure for once. A manly figure. He takes his mundane life and changes it into a wide variety of day dreams where he is the man he wants to be and has the attention he seeks. “Not so fast! You’re driving too fast!” said Mrs. Mitty. “What are you driving

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber is a short story about a man named Walter Mitty. Walter is an ordinary man living an ordinary life, however, Walter always seems to escape into one of his fantasies while trying to accomplish everyday task. This often leads to Walter being mocked and ridiculed by people around him. Furthermore, Walter’s wife, Mrs. Mitty is dominant in their relationship. She establishes many rules which Walter must fulfill. This is evident when, Walter drives fifty-five

anything and Walter Mitty would dream of it and make it seem special. The short story is called “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”by James Thurber, it is an interesting story about a guy named Walter Mitty, who has a nagging wife constantly on him, but he goes through his boring life imagining about all the cool stuff he could do. A dominant theme in James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is Imagery. He shows imagery in his short story by making his character, Walter Mitty, imagine he's