The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber, he tells of an old man who is daydreaming while he is driving his wife to get her done. Not only is this entertaining to the reader but it catches the readers attention the way Thurber introduces the changes of events Mr. Mitty is imaging. The story opens with him in one of his fantasies as a daring Navy pilot and then his wife cuts …

…figure some of the parts to the story on their own. The story seemed to be a bunch of stories put together in one. This short story was successful because it had a good flow to it and Thurber did a good job of using Mrs. Mitty to help build Mr.Mitty character throughout the story and making him look like a good guy but yet he didn’t seem like he was all there.