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The Secret Life Of Mrs. Mitty And The Catbird Seat Analysis

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Can two people be the same person? James Thurber wrote two stories with two similar characters, Mrs. Mitty and Mrs. Barrows. In “The Secret of Mr. Mitty” the character Mrs. Mitty is very similar to the character Mrs. Barrows in “The Catbird Seat.” They are both domineering, overbearing, and a little bossy. Although Mrs. Mitty is more worried about what her husband is doing rather than Mrs. Barrows who is more self centered. Mrs. Barrows also has little patience with anyone who disagrees with her. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" tells the story of the aging Walter Mitty on a trip into town with his overbearing wife, Mrs. Mitty. Walter is inept at many things; he is an absent-minded driver, he can 't handle simple mechanical tasks, and he forgets things easily. “The Catbird Seat” is a story of how a dull man in charge of F & S 's filing department decides to get rid of a woman who is changing the entire way the company is ran. He believes she is “[swinging] at the foundation stones with a pickax.” The conflict in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is definitely Mrs. Mitty, Mitty fantasizes in order to escape his life--and his wife--but even in his fantasies, parts of his real life intrude. He can 't get away completely. The conflict for “The Catbird Seat” is between Mrs. Barrows and Mr. Martin. Mrs. Barrows is a newcomer, but she has a special relationship with the owner Mr. Fitweiler, who is letting her reorganize the entire administrative part of the business. Mrs. Mitty

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