The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty When it comes to literature I bounce between comedy and drama, which do not reflect the types of movies I like to watch strangely. So when going through the different choices of literature, I found quite a lot that actually interested me. The one I chose however was “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” The author tied in not only a relationship that you could see every day between couples who have been together for quite some time, but exaggerated humor can be found within the story as well. This piece of literature was a great example of satire. Mrs. Mitty is characterized as a flat character in my opinion. You read the story and quickly discover that she is a woman that likes things done her way and tends to nag quite a lot. Whereas Walter Mitty is not only a daydreamer, but he tends to just go through the motions which are reflected in the dialogue between he and Mrs. Mitty. Walter Mitty seemed to get distracted quite easy when performing a task and always in his daydreaming, he tends to tie in whatever task he was supposed to be doing or he was doing with whatever he is daydreaming about. For example, when he was daydreaming about being an accused witness, he was in the area of the courtroom. The imagination and comedy keeps you reeled in to the story as you read about Walter dipping in and out of daydreams while on a trip in town that he and his wife take very often. The story doesn’t give you a sense that the man can’t help slipping into the daydreams, but that he rather daydream instead of doing whatever it is he should be doing. The reader-response approach seems to be a way to really dive into a literary piece. This type of approach puts you in a position to explain any type of literature in a way that is more personal to yourself. Instead of reading a piece of literature and describing the storyline, in a
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