Essays on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty was a film directed by Ben Stiller. It is worth noting that he is also the lead actor and producer of the film. It is based on the best-selling book The Secret Life of Walter Mitty authored by James Thurber. The objective of this paper is to look at the story of how Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) gave meaning to the various objects scenes that can be found and watched (respectively) in the movie. This theatrical analysis will focus on two things: the meanings and story and plot analysis. When it comes to ...

Sometimes reality is not an effective medium by which to view the world. In such instances the human eye often looks beyond what is seen in order to reveal what is hidden in plain view, behind the known and mundane aspects that the world has to offer. In those moments it becomes obvious that no matter how mundane a thing is, no matter how commonplace it might seem, there is always something to be seen in the breaths between one click of the camera to the next. There is beauty throughout all aspects of the world, all one needs ...

The Secret life by Walter Mitty is a humor short story by James Thurber concerning the people`s state of mind and the social reality facing them in life. By using an American context, Thurber shows how ordinary citizen`s especially during the Great Depression escaped realities by turning to Hollywood movies, and inflated imagination to escape the harsh realities that the world had to offer during these hard times. These period was characterized by a not-so-easy life where poverty, high prices of commodities and standards of living pushed the average middle-class Americans to the edge of their lives (Kaufman, p93). ...

Literature tells us about human lives. However, there is a strong connection between different literary works even though they might exhibit diverse qualities. Some of the basic cannons of literature include attributes such as speech, language, grammar, similes, as well as figurative language (Lean, 1968). Even as literary works follow common conventional rules, writers and poets have the capability to use the rules to create pieces of work that resonate so well with the human life. Clugton once said that “when one allows reading to unlock the imagination, the connection sets stage for intellectual engagement” (Clugton 2010: pP.a). Imagination in poetry ...

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is the most well-known story by one of the renowned humorists in the United States, James Thurber. When the story was published, readers began to acknowledge and recognize Walter Mitty as an archetypal American figure. Walter Mitty has become a renowned character in American fiction as well. No doubt, the main reason that “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” became so popular was because Thurber made it possible for readers to identify with Mitty since most people often find their lives disappointing and ordinary, and so they enter a more interesting world by using daydreams. ...

Analysis of a literary work

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The tools that writers use to capture the attention of the readers are quite fascinating, but they would not work if the person, the spectator, does not follow the first advice given in Chapter 1, to turn himself over to an imaginary realm. To walk intentionally into a story requires a good amount of determination. First, the person has to start disconnecting from the surrounding reality, meaning that he or she has to renounce temporarily to interact with the environment, including family members and friends. The cell phone has to be turned off, the TV has to be turned ...

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Versus “The Necklace” James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” are two significant stories that portray alternate gender roles and the means to cope with those roles. James Thurber’s piece describe a man in the not so common feminine role, while Guy de Maupassant’s piece describes a woman in the usual feminine role. The stories were created in different historical periods, in various states of the relationships and in completely different settings. While the characters of these pieces experience different fates and the stories’ plots have dissimilar endings, some ...

James Thurber’s, “The Life of Walter Mitty,” is one of his most famous and well-liked short stories (All-Story, 2012). On first read, it appears humorous and light. However, further consideration reveals a sad undertone to the tale, as Mitty is incapable of living up to his own fantasies of himself. The main theme of the story is that there are different versions of reality, for everyone. Thurber uses a variety of narrative techniques, such as symbolism, to highlight his chosen theme.

As George Cheatham says in his piece, The Secret Sin of Walter Mitty?: “Serious matters, we now know, bubble ...

Comparable yet Dissimilar

Marriage is a legal commitment under which a man and a woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife. (Dictionary.com) Marriages become complicated situations and are never perfect no matter whatever circumstances arise. This can be seen in the marriages presented in the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and in the play “I’m Going” by Tristan Bernard. Both, the story and the play portray married couples in two different ways. In one the wife is shown as the dominating member of the two and in the other the husband is dictating. These two ...

Theme: Gender Roles and Marriage

Thesis Statement: The ‘Secrete Life of Walter Mitty’ is a luminous piece of literary work by James Thurber and the Story ‘I’m Going’ is written by Bernard Tristan. Gender roles and marriage is the common theme of both the stories. Authors have constructed their stories around family framework with lots of humor. Both stories have different characters, different places and different surroundings. common aspects, described by Authors in their story which is thinking process of male, female and marriage life. This paper discusses ‘secret life of Walter Mitty’, ‘I’m Going and further talks about several related aspects ...