The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Walter Mitty has more going on then people think. Walter has an awkward personality and is kinda clumsy. He has an imaginative imagination and it could sometimes get in the way. If he was around this era they would probably classify him as ADHD. Everything has a lesson to be told or learned from. I took the one lesson from Walter Mitty as “ Stop Dreaming and start living”. There is nothing wrong with being a dreamer. But the real magic happens when you start taking action, when you start living

A Deconstruction of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty     In the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” we see the main character as a rejected misfit in society.  He is often unaware of the world around him and reacts in what others would call a negative way to those situations he actually responds to.  However, close examination of the text used by James Thurber to portray him prompts a need to deconstruct the character Walter Mitty.  In doing so, we find that, far from being a misfit

association. Notably, these ideas take precedence within Ben Stiller’s 2013 film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which centers around Walter Mitty and the development of his character. In particular, Stiller complements Mitty’s development by incorporating external influences from individuals and collectives to prompt Mitty at various stages of evolution. However, failing to understand the societal pressures imposing change, Mitty develops a façade to combat the bleak implications of reality, which invariably

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was published in 1939 by humorist James Thurber, and is the story that gained him his first fame. The story starts and ends with Walter Mitty’s different fantasies. We are immediately led to think that Walter Mitty is really depressed and unhappy with his life as we see Mrs. Mitty fuss over the slightest speeding and hence want him to let “Dr Renshaw” look him over. She acts more like Walter’s mother but since the the point of view is omniscient, and only reflecting

In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber, Walter Mitty imagines himself as a very brave, confident person mainly because in reality he is the opposite. In one daydream, in which he is held on trial for a murder, he is told that it is impossible for him to have committed the crime due to his broken arm. Mitty responds , jeopardizing his own case, “ ‘With any known make of gun’ [...] ‘I could have killed Gregory Fitzhurst with my left hand,’ “ (Thurber 26). Mitty in his daydreams is very

Within the first story written by James Thurber titled, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” the take home message at the end of this excerpt is that any individual can create their own illusion and become their own protagonist in their own story or life. This excerpt begins with Walter Mitty, the text’s main protagonist in a daydream state in which he is leading a Navy hydroplane, this daydream is brought up into his mind after his wife right beside him in their car had told him to slow down whilst

is a life journey one desires to accomplish. When accomplishing the Personal Legend, people commonly think about the destination, and the overall product. As a matter of fact, people gain much more from the journey took in order to be able to attain the goal. Throughout one’s journey to seek their Personal Legend, they learn and notice more about the world around them. This way, the journey is much more valuable than the destination itself. In the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Walter learns

In the short story/movie,The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, there are many important themes some of which are obvious to see such as dreams/reality, identity or even confrontation, the most prevalent however is inner satisfaction. Throughout the beginning of the film Walter daydreams multiple times a day, sometimes even during a conversation. All of his dreams involve him being the protagonist or hero of a story. Other people notice when he daydreams, often trying to get his attention, but once

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber illustrates the central conflict Man vs Society in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Throughout the story, Mitty seems to have a struggle with adapting to the social norms and gender roles he is meant to play. First, Walter Mitty feels society was meant to mock him. Secondly, his feelings for his marriage are indifferent, and the gender roles appear opposite. Lastly, even his daydreams seem to have a tug of war with society. Walter Mitty feels as if

Thurber is the author of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. He feels inferior to his wife throughout his marriage. He learns to express these feelings through writing short stories and illustrating cartoons. This is a way for him to escape his everyday life with his wife. Critics have acknowledged Mitty motif, which is used to describe his two major themes in many of his major works such as “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (Morsberger 66). “The Secret Life of Walter Witty” is one of the most well