Mitty walked into his home, after finishing his cigarette, to find his wife sitting at the kitchen table."Walter Mitty I told you to wait there! I walked out and you were no where to be found! Sometimes you can be such a ditz I swear how you get by everyday is a mystery to me." Mrs. Mitty scolded her husband. "All of this 'thinking' is getting very old. You spend more time thinking than a fat kid thinks about food " Mitty just grumbled an apology looking at his feet. When he finally did look up, the army general looked at him in shame. "Mitty you better get back out there if anyone can do this, it's you." Shocked to see the general, Mitty stood at attention for a brief second then marched back out onto the field. "Walter! Walter!" Mrs.
At that moment a Yankee soldier was standing in the door. The lady tried to deny that she said anything and asked Katie to confirm the lie, however, Katie did the opposite and told the
In spite of this, Cronkite invites them to search and search well. After a long search and nothing to bat an eye at, Walter invites them to stay and calm their fatigues. This was a fatal mistake on Walter’s part as for clear no reason, he begins to go insane in to middle of the room.
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Malloy came home from work and told his wife how he kept his mouth shut so he would not be in his bosses "bad books". He stated, "Mr. Malloy: Some job estimate went wrong. Wasn 't even anything I did. Mrs. Malloy:
A person, who is always daydreaming about how their life could be better if they had different circumstances, can miss everything wonderful in their life with the circumstances they are given. The main character in James Thurber’s short story, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is an example of what you can miss out on, or what could happen if you are always dreaming of a better life. In Thurber’s story, it states, “Look out for that Buick!” (301) Then Walter slams on his brakes. He could have gotten in a car accident and gotten hurt, all because he was daydreaming.
“ Someone help me please!”. “Someone help me, Anyone please do something!” Screamed the bank teller as the masked man held a gun to her after she failed to give him money. Walter witnessing this all from the ground of the bank where he lay ready to do what was necessary to save the woman.
I think Mrs. Mitty didn’t like Walter Mitty that much because, she
When Walter comes home in a bad mood, he begins to take it
Some awful pain inside me.” (95) Additionally, Walter even decides that he can’t trust anybody anymore, “.. Mama you know it’s all divided up. Life is. Sure enough.
Throughout time, people have been using their imagination as a way of refuge, where they can run away from the problems that come with being in the real world. This issue is well developed throughout the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, written by James Thurber. The short story follows a middle aged man, Walter Mitty, as he goes through fantasies which involve him in situation that are far from his reality. People use imagination to put themselves in situation where they posses certain qualities or a lifestyle which they lack in the real world. Throughout the short story, Walter escapes into event-triggered fantasies in which he can do or be anything he wants to be.