very common. People who daydream tend to have signs of a healthy brain. In the short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber the main protagonist is Walter Mitty. Walter Mitty is your typical everyday American daydreamer, who whenever hears or sees something will get sucked into a daydream. And, in this case, that bang puts Walter Mitty into a daydream about being in a war. Walter Mitty would be an interesting dinner acquaintance for three reasons. By all means, it would
I highly recommend watching the movie over reading the book of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” I enjoyed watching the movie more than I did reading the book for many reasons, some of which I will explain with this review. For me, one of the biggest reasons for not liking the book as much was because it was harder for me to tell whether main character Walter Mitty was day dreaming or not. I preferred the movie, where there were longer intervals between dreams and where they were easier to interpret
pair. In James Thurber’s, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, the main character Walter struggles to find the balance between imagination and reality. He uses imagination as a way to escape his own problems that he deals in his life. The reason for this is that he does not seem to have the courage to take charge of his life. In the end, he realises that he will not allow people to change him because of what they want. Imagination and reality becomes a focal point as imagination is use by Walter Mitty
Dinner with a Daydreamer The short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber, introduces us to the main character Walter Mitty. In my opinion, Walter would make a very entertaining dinner guest. One reason Walter would make a great dinner guest, would be because he could be funny. While you are both sitting at your table, you could use his ability to space out against him for your own personal amusement. If he spaces out while you’re talking, you could sit there and watch him space
Dinner with Walter Mitty James Thurber, “The Secret life of Walter Mitty”, the main character is a very boring person to be around. Walter Mitty would not be very fun to be around because all he does is day dream, and his dreams are very detailed. Walter Mitty would not be fun to have dinner with,because of how distracted, he is, but would also be funny to watch him. If I were to have dinner with him, he might not even eat, or stare into space,which ever might happen, that would be very characterless
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
With Walter Mitty In the book “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” By James Thurber, Walter is the Main Character. He is not your average person in the fact that he is always daydreaming and loses track of what he is doing. Walter isn’t that smart when it comes to doing stuff on his own. For example he could not fix the chain when it fell off of his bike. Mitty’s wife is a bit bossy and is always telling Walter to do stuff. With that being said, I would not want to have dinner with Walter Mitty. For
Detachment from ones surroundings "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a short story by, James Thurber, which allows the reader access into Mitty's fantasies through his daydreams. The short story was so captivating that it was composed into a Movie, and directed by Ben Stiller. The movie and the short story both describe a man who is going through the motions of life undetected. When analyzing their similarities and discrepancies the reader is shown how Mitty overcomes his continuing habits, such
Dinner with Walter Mitty In the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber, a man by the name Walter Mitty, slips back and forth between reality and his daydreams that are more exciting than his actual life. I have been asked the question on whether I would like to have dinner with Walter Mitty or not, and I don’t think that I would. There are several reasons on why I wouldn’t have dinner with Walter Mitty, he wouldn’t pay attention to me, he would be a bad conversationalist
Dinner with Walter Mitty If I had dinner with Walter Mitty (the main character in the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber) it would be a mix up between good things and bad things about having dinner with Walter Mitty. Walter Mitty is a very interesting person but his ability to switch on and off with reality and his fantasies is crazy. He can be doing anything especially a hard job and still daydream. But having dinner with Walter can turn out to be really awkward or can be interesting