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    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

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    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

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    Walter Mitty Daydreams

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    “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

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    Hope In Of Mice And Men

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    (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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is an unusual short story about a man who's dreams take him away from reality. His constant dream-like state fills him with joy which the real world could never supply him with. Ultimately, the reader is stuck in the life of Walter and sees the world as he does. As the story goes on, the reader learns of how tragic this story really is. Walter is so unhappy with his current life that he has to go into trances of action-filled daydreams, he cannot do simple tasks properly

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    French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it,”. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty illustrates the escape from Walter’s mundane reality. However, the short story significantly differs from the film which can be seen in the theme, character, and conflict. In James Thurber’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, daydreams can be seen as an escape from reality. There are many cases in which the protagonist, Walter escapes from his marriage through daydreaming. For instance, the story begins during

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