Questions: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

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The bridge held on a thin sab of wood over the rushing stream. Farhranhar is to be hanged by the North for tampering with the bridge. Here the bridge and the thin are the final connection that Peyton has to life. They represent a symbol of transition and change in the story.

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

7. What is Mitty's wife's personality like?

Dominating wife. She appears excessively controlling and disdainful. She is Walter's connection to reality. She precludes accidents and helps him avoid losing his breath of everyday life.

8. What is Mitty's personality?

A daydreamer who imagines himself the hero of his fantasies.

9. What "purpose" do Mitty's fantasies play for him?

He wants to escape his boring life in his imagination.

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