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“He looked at his wife, in the seat beside him, with shocked astonishment. She seemed grossly unfamiliar, like a strange woman who had yelled at him in a crowd.” In this example, the author develops the conflict of the difficult relationship between Walter and his wife to emphasize Walter’s  withdrawn nature.

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Characterization

I think that Walter Mitty is Envious.

'"Why don't you wear your gloves? Have you lost your gloves?" Walter Mitty reached in a pocket and brought out the gloves. He put them on, but after she had turned and gone into the building and he had driven on to a red light, he took them off again.' In this example the author uses (the author doesn't use, the author develops or portrays or something) the gloves as a symbol to represent the gloves to emphasize that he doesn't like to be bossed around and is jealous of her power over him. What else do the gloves symbolize? Do they point towards something that we can understand?

Conflict

'"Why don't you wear your gloves? Have you lost your gloves?" Walter Mitty reached in a pocket and brought out the gloves. He put them on, but after she had turned and gone into the building and he had driven on to a red light, he took them off again.' In this example the author develops the conflict between the Walter and his wife through the dialogue by showing the author doesn't show the controlling nature of both. Explain how the dialogue shows controlling natures.

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walter mitty is tolerant

"remember to get those overshoes while im having my hair done, she said (wife)" "i dont need overshoes" mitty said "when he came out into the street again, with the overshoes in a box under his arm, walter mitty began to wonder what the other thing was his wife had told him to get. In this example, the author shows the author doesnt show he emphasizes or highlights or portrays or something the distant and withdrawn relationship between walter and his wife, and that walter just simply does what she tells him to. Why does he just do what he is asked to do?

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I think Waler Mitty is Calloused

"Back it up, Mac!! Look out for that Buick!" Walter Mitty jammed on the brakes. "Wrong lane, Mac. " said the parking lot attendant.

How does the author doe this? Plot? Conflict? Walter is going through his daily life doing mundane things like driving, and he is so disconected from reality with his day dreams that he makes up. He has become calloused to the people and objects around them almost tuning everything out to soley focus on his day dreams. What caused him to be calloused?

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"Don't tell me you forgot the what's its-name." Through this example, James Thurber advances the conflict of the strenuous relationship between the absent minded man character and his wife. yes this does advance the conflict but would you say this line is meant to be an insult? what is it doing, that causes the strain on them?

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"He gave it up. But she would remember it. 'Where's the what's-its-name?' she would ask. 'Don't tell me you forgot the what's-its-name.'" This example shows illustrates? authors don't show his thoughts of his own wife and a lack of emotional attachment between Walter and his wife.

Specifically just combine with the previous sentence his own interpretation and thinking of his wife's reaction, an emotionless thought that highlights Mitty's aloof standing.

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We think Walter Mitty is Careless

"Did you get the what's-its-name? the Puppy Biscuit? What's in the Box?" "Overshoes" said Walter Mitty. "Couldn't you have put them on in the store?" "I was thinking," said Walter Mitty. "Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?" Through this dialogue, the author illustrates how careless Mitty can be in multiple aspects of life. It exemplifies how careless he is towards his wife and her thoughts and feelings, and how their relationship is strained and not easy. It also highlights how careless he can be towards his real life, and how he focuses too much on his internal dialogue. Maybe combine sentences so you don't use the word careless so often; otherwise, great job!

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Something struck his shoulder. "I've been looking all over this hotel for you," said Mrs. Mitty. "Why do you have to hide in this old chair? How did you expect me to find you?" "Things close in," said Walter Mitty vaguely. We can see unreliability in this quote as an example of the multiple tasks throughout the story that Mrs. Mitty counted on Walter to do, which since he was not engaged in reality, he was not someone who she could count on to be there to fulfill what she needed to be done. And so what is the author doing through this dialogue, in developing the charaters/relationships/conflict? This is well worded - just keep going.

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I think that Walter Mitty is desirous.

"He put them on , but after she had turned and gone into the building and he had driven on to a red light, he took them off again." This shows authors don't show - they illustrate, portray, or something, about a character trait how he doesn't like the power over him and desires to have that power and authority. If this is about the gloves it would be appropriate to talk about the gloves as a symbol. Also, is desirous the right word?

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I think that Walter Mitty is unrealistic

"he poured a drink for the sergeant and one for himself. War thundered and whined around the dugout and battered at the door." we see This isn't about what you see - its about what the author is doing Walter imagines tense situations in these highly tense situations that require someone with a special skill set and clearly how do we know it's clear? because he gets it wrong? Walter doesn't have any of these and frankly I don't think anyone could have all of them, he is very unrealistic with his daydreams and very unrealistic in how they relate is he trying to relate to his real life, or escape it? to his real life.

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Mood- how it changes

"I don't need overshoes said Mitty." Basically that is his mood in relaity, he is not very hapoy, but in his daydreams the man is stoked.

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Something struck his shoulder. "I've been looking all over this hotel for you," said Mrs. Mitty. "Why do you have to hide in this old chair? How did you expect me to find you?" "Things close in" said Mitty. The author highlights the conflict between Mr and Mrs. Mitty by portraying the growing conflict between the two of them, and how Walter seems to have lost all care for Mrs. Mitty and her feelings. This is good! Think to combine sentences, and don't forget to remember that it is about how the author creates the conflict.

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"I want some biscuit for small, young dogs," he said to the clerk. "Any special brand, sir?" The greatest pistol shot in the world thought a moment. "It says 'Puppies Bark for It' on the box," said Walter Middy. The use of Walter's imagination in this quote characterizes himself as the main character in a scene, full of pride and valor. Because of his delusions, he feels as even though he is just daydreaming, he is a sophisticated character. Well done

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"Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast for?"...She seemed grossly unfamiliar, like a strange woman who had yelled at him in a crowd. "You were up to fifty-five," she said, "you know I don't like to go more than 40. You were up to fifty-five" Walter middy drove on towards Waterbury in silence..." The author uses this example dialogue among others to develop the controlling nature of Mrs. Mitty. Thurber utilizes Walter's daydreams to escape the dim reality of his existence, where he feels tied down and out of control. Well done! Just remember to use the terms of fiction, like conflict, dialogue, plot, and so on.

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"what? Mrs. Mitty said, did you get the wahts- its- name? the puppy biscuit? whats in that box?"

"overshoes" said walter mitty

"couldnt you have put them on in the store?"

in this dialouge it shows what is the dialogue doing? don't use show that the main conflict in the story is that walter and his wife dont listen to each other and they just talk over each other and that after the wife gets so worked up then walter just shuts down and goes with it. This is a long run on sentence. What is the author doing with this dialogue? Is the dialogue an illustration of the strain caused by her expectations that he never can meet? Is the dialogue meant to exaggerate the strain so that we can see it is part of everything they do together? Think of this with academic language by explaining yourself.

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I think that Mr Mitty is ambitious

""Remer to get those overshoes while I'm having my hair done she said, I don't need overshoes said Mitty" "We've been all through that she said you're not a young man any more"

From this dialogue we can conclude that Mr. Mitty is ambitious and is determined to get what he wants end sentence here. in these sentences the author uses the dialogue by he tells telling his wife that he doesn't need the overshoes and it can be inferred that overshoes belong to adults while he and wants to be young stil.

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Walter Mitty is aloof.

"Puppy biscuit, said Walter Mitty. He stopped walking and the buildings of Waterbury rose up out of the misty courtroom and surrounded him again. A woman who was passing laughed." "Walter Mitty hurried along." In these examples, the author illustrates the interactions between Walter and others to convey Walter's aloof nature. Why are you quoting that he hurried along? Also, does hurrying convey that he is aloog?

because he ignored the comment from the lady

"Something struck his shoulder." Is this the strongest evidence you can find to point to being aloof? This quote along with Mrs Mitty non stop questions if you are going to talk about nonstop questions they you would want to use examples with Walter meak response shows the author depicting the interaction between Walter and his wife to allude to Walter's continuous aloof nature. Love this last part!

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Walter Mitty is obstinate

"Remember to get those overshoes while I'm having my hair done," she said. "I don't need overshoes," said Mitty.

In this text, the author establishes the relationship between Mitty and his wife as challenging, confirming Walter's obstinate attitude as he argues with his wife

Nice job! Just go a little further with explaining. I think he is obstinate! Is it for the sake of being stubborn, or about winning, or keeping control?

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"Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.” This example elevates the character quality of obstinate in Walter. by doing what?

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Walter Mitty is compulsive.

"Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast for?" "Hmm?" said Walter Mittey. He looked at his wife, in the seat beside him, with shocked astonishment. She seemed grossly unfamiliar, like a strange woman who had yelled at him in a crowd.

In this example, the author portrays Walter as a compulsive person because he is reactive and immediately acts on the thought that crosses his mind. In the same way when he has a thought he is committed to that thought and doesn't let it go. Excellent

'I was thinking," said Walter Mitty. "Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?" she looked at him. "I'm going to take your temperature when I get you home," she said.

Walter is also shown to the reader as a person that reacts in the way of argument. He reacts to Mrs. Witty's comment in an angry way showing that he is not going to listen to her

"Walter Mitty the Undefeated,"

The author writes about Walter to portray him as a stubborn man that doesn't like to lose. He is shown as a person that won't lose the feud in his mind or the argument against his wife.

Good thinking! So what could you do to tie all of this together? Are you going to talk about being an angry and reactive person in situations that you cannot control?

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Conflict

You need quoted evidence to demonstrate conflict, and then explain the evidence. This paragraph does not do the work that I am asking you to do. This will not be passing work on your paper.

Throughout the story, The author juxtaposes Walter's daydreams with reality. Walter has multiple day dreams. All these day dreams come abruptly to an end and he doesn't seem super happy. He knows he shouldn't be day dreaming all the time in certain situations where does it show that he knows he shouldn't do this? because it can put himself and others at danger. But he doesn't really care about others how do you know that or where do you see that? just himself which is why he keeps jumping into new day dreams. His struggle is against everyone telling him to stop and pay attention like the police officer and mostly his wife. So is his conflict with other people? Is it about authority? Is his conflict with his life, his perceptions of his own value?

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I think Walter Mitty is patient.

"Something struck his shoulder. "I've been looking all over this hotel for you," said Mrs. Mitty. "Why do you have to hide in this old chair? How did you expect me to find you?" "Things close in," said Walter Mitty vaguely. "What?" Mrs. Mitty said. "Did you get the what's-it's-name? The puppy biscuit? What's in that box?" "Overshoes," said Mitty. "Couldn't you have put them on in the store?" 'I was thinking," said Walter Mitty. "Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?" She looked at him. "I'm going to take your temperature when I get you home," she said.

In this reading, the author portrays Mrs. Mitty as never being satisfied. You can see in this example through the dialogue that although Walter Mitty did everything his wife asked him to that day she still finds a way to complain. Walter finally speaks out here in this paragraph towards the end of the story showing me how is this shown? word choice? that he has been dealing with this attitude and situation many times. In my opinion, this outbreak at the end illustrates Mitty reaching his breaking point, and although calmly, he calls out his wife. This demonstrates Walter's patience because although he was dealing with his wife's constant nagging all day he controlled himself and gave her many opportunities to treat him better before he talked on his behalf.

I know this is a hot take Mrs. Monroe but I can back it up trust!!!

Interesting take Luke! Remember to focus back on how you see the author doing it - word choice? dialogue?

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"The next time, he thought, I'll wear my right arm in a sling; they won't grin at me then. I'll have my right arm in a sling and they'll see I couldn't possibly take the chains off myself." Thurber uses this dialogue to show Mitty's carelessness and how he will be sneaky in order to not have to do something. This develops the conflict of Mitty having obstacles in his life and he isn't satisfied leading him to have to think of ways to get around.

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Walter Mitty has a rigid relationship with his wife.

"Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?" Utilizing a statement such as this is a hostile thing to do when illustrating a husband talking to his wife, this feeling is further demonstrated when Mitty's daydreams flow to a darker tone.

"She was more than a minute. Walter Mitty lighted a cigarette. It began to rain, rain with sleet in it. He stood up against the wall of the drugstore, smoking.... He put his shoulders back and his heels together. 'To Hell with the handkerchief,'" Perhaps this segment is describing how he imagines himself waiting, and his eventual annoyance with his wife's delay.

"Then, with that fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last." However out of these 3 sections I cannot help but feel that the author is describing a sense of incoming dread or conflict between Walter and his wife. Perhaps the firing squad is his wife rounding the corner staring deadly at him as he's lost in his dreams. So perhaps his daydreams are reflections of his reality but with his own mind's interpretation, but should his wife come into the picture of those daydreams it could take a dark turn. A good illustration of Walter's disdain for his wife and how rigid his relationship with her may be.

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"Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast for?"

The author is portraying the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Smitty. In this opening sentence, we see how Walter is submerged in his own world he has invented in his mind. Through the dialogue it appears he is almost resenting his wife by ignoring what she says and "forgetting" what she says.