In the short story “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” by Whatshisface Thurbman, Walter Mitty is an uninteresting man who lives a different life in his head. One filled with adventure and excitement. Where he is the hero and everyone respects him. This however distracts him from reality, and he spaces out. Now what would it be like to have dinner with such a daydreamer? Probably interesting, but also could be boring. A guaranteed happening would include Walter spacing out, daydreaming. He would almost
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty helps to avoid such tragedy. The film beautifully combines a comedy, a drama, and romance all into one vivid display. There is a hidden charisma within the film that keeps the audience not wanting more but instead, satisfied. The melancholy music almost justifies each scene leaving a bittersweet taste, the relatable humorous dialogue, and the most incredible aspect which is the cinematography. In 2013, a remake of the 1974 production of The Secret Life of Walter
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
After reading Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” I thought it was simple but good. Thurber’s use of real-life events, well-developed details, short plot structure, and short plot development are what makes this short story enjoyable and straight-forward. Each time I read in this short fiction about Mr. Mitty escaping into another daydream, I thought to myself about why he daydreams so often. Other than trying to understand what was wrong with Walter Mitty, I found that the most enjoyable
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (2013) The second adaptation of a 1939 short story and re-released by the late Samuel Goldwyn junior in 2013, The secret life of Walter Mitty is an adventure romance film. This movie is set in the dot com era where internet is available to almost every facet of society. Losses on the print version of magazines have resulted in some of the publications scrambling to the online platform to capture the internet market. This gives rise to the last printed issue of LIFE
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
In the story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, there is a man named Walter Mitty. Walter lives his life mainly by fulfilling his mind with daydThroughout the story Mitty has daydreams of being a pilot to even being in a court of law. The smallest things can trigger him to switch from reality to his imagination, even the outcome of a sentence.reams. Although he is married his wife is very controlling and nagging so to escape his reality with his life he daydreams. There are many similarities
James Thurber ”The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” James Thurber gives a really great story, and at the same time tells us a little something we don't normally think of. In this case, Walter Mitty is a married man and his wife “has the pants”. He isn't very happy, and very often spends his time daydreaming. If I were to have dinner with Walter Mitty, It would not be a good dinner In the first place, he would just daydream the whole time. I would start talking about how the day was going, if the weather
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
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 as a coping-mechanism