James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is about the protagonist, Walter Mitty and a day in his life. In this story we find out that after almost every action he does in his day to day life, he will suddenly daydream. His daydreams mostly focus on him being the leader and war hero. His dreams also portrays him as a innocent who died of a noble or injustice cause. Unfortunately the stories you hear from Walter’s dreams is exactly what’s not happening in Walter’s life. Walter is a very timid man and is definitely not a war hero, leader, or a innocent thats been wronged. He’s just a normal man with a normal job but with a huge imagination. In my opinion, I feel like he shouldn’t be daydreaming, since this wouldn’t get anybody anywhere. If he really wants to become somebody important or famous, he should really work towards it and actually do it.
First of all, if Walter daydreams everyday and he desperately wants to be somebody important and noticable, but instead he can’t, so he daydreams. That is a big flaw and Walter should instead, be working towards his goal. By daydreaming and just hoping one of his daydreams will become real is a waste of time and “effort”. Its like waiting to ace a final exam without actually studying and working. Walter Mitty is doing basically just that, hoping he could be famous by waiting. The future isn’t going to wait or stop for you. It will keep going and sooner or later you will have no future in your path. You have to make your actions quick and if Walter really wants fame and power, he should be working everyday for his fame and wealth, he should be trying to get promoted in his job, raise money to become somebody he dreamt off. Right now, he’s just wasting his life away.
Walter Mitty’s life has no problems, he’s perfectly fine and has a decent life, but Walter wants to be famous. There’s no problem in wanting to be famous, but he’s doing literally nothing. He isn’t trying to get fame, he’s not trying to do anything to acheive his goals. Instead he’s just dreaming and hoping. Hope and dreams aren’t going to get a person anywhere, you need to work for your greatness yourself. You can’t rely on gods or somebody else to get you what you want. You need to be a self-starter and work hard for your success. Never sit there and wish, go out to the world and announce your wish, and make your wish come true.