ELC 150 (SHORT STORIES)

Erma Izana binti Abdul Wahab . 19.UiTM Puncak Perdana,Diploma in Faculty of Film,Theater & Animation. I create this blog for education purpose only regarding my course Intergrated Language Skills : Reading (ELC15O).

The Secret life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber

      Answer 1

     Based on the story "The Secret life of Walter Mitty",the moral value that I have learnt is Walter should put the same energy he uses to daydream into transforming his social world and his marriage.Then,we have take a good care of an old man.add more if they are having a memory problems who that can be our patner or some one that closed with us.We don't have to scold they because it is not their fault.We have to support them by giving them medicine or take they to see the doctors.

     Answer 2

   The character I like is Walter Mitty because his analysis in real life, Walter Mitty isn't anything special. He gets bossed around by his wife a lot. He can't do simple mechanical things. He's forgetful. He's not a great driver, and people always seem to be either screaming or laughing at him for one blunder or another. To compensate for his failings in the real world, Mitty creates an entire "secret life" for himself, a series of fantasies in which he is a powerful, decisive man admired by those around him and everything he is not in reality.


Answer 3

     
   The alternate ending for this short story is Mrs. Mitty steps into the drugstore to grab some last minute item, Mitty stands against the wall outside and imagines that he is standing before a firing squad. This is the last of his five fantasies. 

     It's important to note that "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" both begins and ends inside Walter's fantasies; in this way, you might argue that the plot of the fantasies themselves and not the plot of the real world dominate the text's action. Another way to interpret this is as a sort of victory on Mitty's part, as far as the story is concerned. He uses his fantasy world to combat what he dislikes about reality, and it would seem that his fantasies are winning out, at least as far as this story is concerned. They dominate reality.

    On the other hand, Walter is facing a firing squad hardly, victorious he's about to be shot. You could view the firing squad symbolically, as representative of the people in the real world who hassle Mitty about being a dreamer. In this sense, the ending seems like a defeat for Mitty. He can dream all he wants, but there are always going to be people who "shoot" him for it.