![]() ![]() ![]() a cop who tells him to stop dawdling at the stop light. Mitty on three topics (driving, mental health and overshoes) is followed by Mr. The basic thread of Mitty’s real life is packed with everyday conflicts. The daydream episodes raise the conflict into High Drama. The conflict in the daydreaming is manufactured, of course, but takes shape from real conflict in his life – conflicts many of us face, and are a little boring, to tell the truth. The underlying reality is a thread, and the daydreams are bubbles that rise out of that thread. I see the structure of the story as something like this: the five episodes of daydreaming take their details and themes from the underlying reality of Walter Mitty’s daily life. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is one of the touchstones of American culture, and there are references scattered throughout literature and the pop scene to the passive-aggressive dreamer who escapes into his own world as often as he can. Dissecting a story can reveal strange and wonderful things! ![]()
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