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Full Story Analysis. James Thurber’s short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” satirizes the early 20th century male and the human propensity for escapism. The story contrasts Mitty’s humdrum reality with the hypermasculine fantasies of his “secret life” of imagination.
Summary. Analysis. A naval commander is captaining a “huge, hurtling, eight-engined Navy hydroplane” through a terrible storm. Physical descriptions associate him with cold and ice. The Commander is the only one of Mitty’s alter egos not to share his name.
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The story follows a day in the life of an ordinary man who escapes the drudgery of reality by daydreaming of himself as the hero in a series of adventures. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” has twice been adapted into feature-length films: a 1947 version starring Danny Kaye and a 2013 version with Ben Stiller.
Sep 6, 2023 · "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a short story by James Thurber, which explores the fantastical daydreams of the mundane Walter Mitty. As Walter Mitty and his wife run...
Full Title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty When Written: 1939 Where Written: Connecticut When Published: March 18, 1939, in The New Yorker; collected in My World—and Welcome To It (1942) Literary Period: Modernism Genre: Short Story/Humor Setting: Waterbury, Connecticut, around the winter of 1938-1939
Oct 27, 2022 · 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' is just one of James Thurber's many wry, humorous stories. This special collection contains some of the best of his short tales, essays and drawings.
