Daydream

are different. Walter in the story daydreams the whole time, but Walter in the movie stops daydreaming because his life got better. The theme is very different between the two because the story is about escaping life, but the movie is outgoing and never give up.The two Walters have nothing in common except daydream. Between the Walters there are three main things that are different between which is the characterization, plot structure, and the theme. Daydreams between the two Walters are very…

noticing his daydreams. He is observing that these daydreams are not much of a secret anymore and that his life is not being fulfilled to the adventurous expectations he has in his head. In the short story “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty,” Walter is realizing that his dreams are not what his life represents and that he longs for these dreams to fill his life but instead they are found only in his head. He finds himself not pleased with the life he is living and is using the daydreams to cope…

Walter Mitty. Walter seems to have many daydreams between the real life things he is doing. It starts with Walter being the commander of a Navy Hydroplane in the middle of a storm, while in reality he was driving his car and the engine reminded him of a Navy Hydroplane. There are many themes for Walter, and what triggers his daydreams along with many conflicts, three of these things being; the things he does and the sights around him trigger the daydreams, he has a man vs. man conflict with his…

watch the movie? One of these stories is called “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. “ The story and the movie have many similarities and differences. One of the similarities both the story have and the movie is Walter daydreams. Walter daydreams of being a pilot . Walter daydreams as he is fighting while he is the pilot of the ship. Another similarity that the story and the movie have in common is that their is a little black book. The little black book is where Walter Mitty writes important…

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a short story as well, about a man who experiences “daydreams” randomly through his daily life. As readers learn more about this situation, they almost become amused because Mitty is switching from real life to his dream world in just one moment. For example, when Walter’s “flight scene” of a daydream is being explained, it is interruptly abruptly by his wife saying, “Not so fast! You’re driving too fast!” (Thurber 189). This gives a comical appeal to the…

and wandering imagination. There are multiple occasions in the short story in which Mitty is distracted by a daydream that is somehow tied to what’s happening in reality, causing him to lose sight of what he’s doing at the time. Absent-mindedness can cause some trouble if one finds themselves in a daydream while driving, or perhaps in the middle of a conversation. On the other hand, daydreams can be beneficial for coming up with ways to problem-solve, and for improving mood and brain function.…

the previous dream is now being played by the musicians perched in the trees. The entire scene is a spectacle of fruit and flowers, but most amazingly, Algernon is now the knight. He is clad in the same black armor we witnessed in Cecily’s first daydream, with his helmet off to the side and his head in Cecily’s lap. Algernon opens his eyes, and seems momentarily confused by the oddity of the scene, until accepting his new surroundings without question. He seems too enchanted by Cecily to raise…

ordinary things and Walter seems bored with that lifestyle. When Walter daydreams, he dreams of exciting, dramatic scenarios. Mrs. Mitty is aggressive, and expects her husband to stay busy following her directions, making Walter feel useless and insignificant. The working people on the street are not nice towards him either because he cannot follow directions while he’s off in his fantasy world. However, in Walter’s daydreams the people surrounding him are admiring him and asking what to do…

that their life is full of excitement and adventures when it is in fact just ordinary.” The Juxtaposition of real life events to daydreams are important features in the text in which we are led to question Walter’s sanity. The text both starts and ends in Walter’s fantasies, and he only comes back into the real world when someone pulls him out of them. Walter’s daydreams play such a vital role in the text to the point that we question whether he is living in the real world or not. This view on…

personality and a lot less developed, but all in all both fantastic and attention grabbing. While the movie and the short story are named the same thing, the movie was drastically better. The daydreams in both the movie and the short story were very different. Firstly, the short story started in a daydream while the movie started in a real scene. The first line in the short story is, “‘We’re going through!’ The Commander’s voice was like thin ice breaking.” On the other hand, the movie starts…