Analyzing The Story 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'

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In the story, “ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber, Walter Mitty the main character daydreams repetitively. He can’t focus on one thing at a time. Walter just gets lost in one of his daydreams. His wife is always picking at him because she cannot get anything done with him dozing off. I just got invited to go have dinner with Walter and his wife. I am not quite sure what to expect of not only Walter but his wife also. Here are several reasons why I would and would not want to have dinner with him and his wife. For example, it would be very entertaining to have dinner with him. Here are three reasons why It would be entertaining. I would get to laugh at him as he was lost in his daydream. Also it would be interesting to hear
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