The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Essays
On the surface, it would seem that the short story is pretty straightforward. Walter Mitty, a man constantly badgered and hen pecked upon that he purposely escapes into a fantasy world in his mind just to escape his wife. But let’s look deeper past the surface and there we will find a darker reason for…
In the short story, “The secret life of Walter Mitty,” a man by thename of Walter Mitty goes into town with his wife to get some things done. Throughout this story Walter Mitty shows that he is very forgetful and areally stubborn man with a vivid imagination. He is constantly beingdistracted, and starts to day…
Theme in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” written by James Thurber is a short story that takes place during the trying times of World War II. Thurber’s description of Walter Mitty is of a married older man who lives in a town called Waterbury and has an imagination of…
