James Thurber's The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Reality Vs. Fantasy Thesis: Thurber shows that Mitty's daydreams are quite different from his real personality; he is adventurous in his day dreams but extremely dependent in reality; he is a leader in fantasies and a milktoast in reality; he is confident in dreams, but he has no confidence in reality. I.<Tab/>Walter Mitty chooses to create his fantasies into situations that merely would not occur at any point in …

…a celebrity, having a ton of money, or even living in that house just recently built from their real home. Day dreams are an innocent way to fulfill a person's desire unlike Mr. Mitty's dreams, which are merely to escape the havoc that is his life. Works Cited Thurber, James. "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty." Literature For Composition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet et al. 6th ed. New York: Longman, 2003, 72-75. <Tab/>