Identity today is a complex subject. What is your identity? What specific traits determine who you are? It’s difficult to give an exact definition to such an abstract concept but many authors have expressed their perspective on it through their literature. Two works that share a common subject of identity and its meaning are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber and Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tells the story of Walter, a man who fantasizes daily about being admired and respected. However, he is anything but. Walter is seen as inept, amusing, and clumsy to those he meets in real life; His true character is the opposite of what he wishes himself to be. But what actually is his identity? James Thurber
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tells the story of Walter, a man who fantasizes daily about being admired and respected. However, he is anything but. Walter is seen as inept, amusing, and clumsy to those he meets in real life; His true character is the opposite of what he wishes himself to be. But what actually is his identity? James Thurber