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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 that it is better for him to live outside of what is his personal comfort zone. Throughout his journey he learns how to feel, and become a better person, which did also adapt his way of living and understanding. Throughout Santiago’s

Walter Mitty is a man past his prime and is experiencing some of the most humdrum moments of his reality but the way he experiences it is starkly different. A snippet of his life is described by the James Thurber in the short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Walter experiences changes in reality with such vividness that often times the reader finds it difficult to discern reality and imagination. It seems that Walter never loses the tether to reality and for this reason he has been diagnosed

People escape reality in lots of different ways for example Walter Mitty used his imagination. Walter Mitty did this because his life was boring, and he wanted it to be more interesting. In result of this he was often what was confused by what was going on. Another person that escaped his regular life was Dr. Jekyll. He did this by changing into a different person. This freedom caused him to do some things that he would not do as himself. The third example is Anne Frank. She had to do this because

dissatisfaction. The intensity that comes with being dissatisfied is stronger than anything a person can convey. In the short story, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, by James Thurber, lack of satisfaction plays an exceedingly big role in the life of the main character, Walter Mitty. He is on a trip into town with his overbearing wife, Mrs. Mitty. While Walter goes through a day of ordinary tasks and errands, he escapes into a series of fantasies. The power of dissatisfaction in reality can lead to seeking

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber is about the trip Walter Mitty takes into town with his wife. During this trip, Mitty experiences many different daydreams that seek to help him escape from the monotony of his life. Each of these fantasies is brought about by some aspect of Mitty’s life. While driving too fast into town Mitty dreams of being the commander of a Navy hydroplane, flying through a storm. After dropping off his wife at the salon, Mitty fantasizes about being a miracle

(G) “People with hope have both the will and the pathways and strategies necessary to achieve their goals.” (Scott Barry pp 11) (H) Walter Mitty did not set a realistic goal, but with his hope and will, he found pathways and strategies to complete his goal. (J) When we get closer to our goals, we get more motivation to achieve. There was a part in the movie when Walter began to lose hope. His clues did not lead him to find the photograph and he felt discouraged. Until he looked at one of the photos

Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Though there are many similarities between the original short story and the film version of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, such as Walter being treated with a lack of respect, there are also discrepancies such as the different portrayals of the character of Walter Mitty. One similarity that exists in both the short story and the film is Walter being treated with disrespect. For example, in the short story, Walter takes off his gloves while behind

To begin, Walter Mitty’s daydreams hurt him because they fill him up with false confidence. In his daydreams, he is viewed as a heroic and important figure; the opposite of what he is viewed as in real life. One might argue that the daydreams where he possesses these characteristics help him later on by giving him confidence instead of false confidence because Mitty stood up to his wife. However, the negative side affects Mitty more than the positive side of confidence. In the story, “The Secret

mind of any individual. This was something that Walter Mitty was able to do, in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, directed by Ben Stiller. Although Walter’s travels may not have always been physical travels, his mind possessed the ability to take his mental consciousness into a state of euphoria at any time. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is based on the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber. The main character is a man, Walter Mitty, that frequently daydreams about desirable

The Purpose of Life in Walter Mitty Our society is built upon the foundation of dreams: abstract concepts only a select few could think of and, because of this, our society has reached a peak in growth and development. This is the underlying message in Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It provokes the idea that the pursuit of dreams is necessary to obtain self fulfillment but is inhibited by the corporate body in contemporary society. The film begins introducing