Research Paper On James Thurber

In this paper there will be a vivid discussion about the life and books of James Thurber. His books will have you amazed by how imaginative, creative, and unique his stories are. James’ stories are very amazing and well written in my opinion, my personal favorite book is “the secret life of Walter Mitty,” which will be explaining later in the paper, so please, sit back, relax, and journey with me into the mind of the magnificent James Thurber. James was born to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 1894. All of his work was greatly influenced by his parents being a major part in his life, he had gotten a lot of jokes, ideas, and more from them. James had two brothers, Williams and Robert Thurber. When James was a young boy he lost his sight in one eye playing a game of “William Tell” with his two brothers, the arrow in the eye cause him to go almost completely blind. This cause him to be unable to play sports like a normal child, which cause him to develop a very creative mind, which cause him to take up writing and drawing. Later in Thurber’s college year he attended The Ohio state university. where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, which is an American collegiate social fraternity. Due to his eye sight, Thurber was not able to complete a compulsory ROTC course so Ohio state University would not let him graduate, although they did give him an honorary degree later on. After college James started working at the Columbus Dispatch as a reporter. Thurber spent many evening developing skits for the Strollers and Scarlet Mask theatre groups at Ohio State where he met his first love, Althea Adams. The young …show more content…
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