As \u201cThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty\u201d begins, a military officer orders an airplane crew to proceed with a flight through a dangerous storm. The crew members are scared but are buoyed by their commander\u2019s confidence, and they express their faith in him. Suddenly, the setting switches to an ordinary highway, where Walter Mitty and his wife are driving into a city to run errands. The scene on the airplane is revealed to be one of Mitty\u2019s many fantasies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitty\u2019s wife observes that he seems tense, and when he drops her off in front of a hair styling salon, she reminds him to go buy overshoes and advises him to put on his gloves. He drives away toward a parking lot and loses himself in another fantasy. In this daydream he is a brilliant doctor, called upon to perform an operation on a prominent banker. His thoughts are interrupted by the attendant at the parking lot, where Mitty is trying to enter through the exit lane. He has trouble backing out to get into the proper lane, and the attendant has to take the wheel. Mitty walks away, resentful of the attendant\u2019s skill and self-assurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, Mitty finds a shoe store and buys overshoes. He is trying to remember what else his wife wanted him to buy when he hears a newsboy shouting about a trial, which sends Mitty into another daydream. Mitty is on the witness stand in a courtroom. He identifies a gun as his own and reveals that he is a skillful marksman. His testimony causes a disturbance in the courtroom. An attractive young woman falls into his arms; the district attorney strikes her and Mitty punches him. This time Mitty brings himself out of his reverie by remembering what he was supposed to buy. \u201cPuppy biscuit,\u201d he says aloud, leading a woman on the street to laugh and tell her friend, \u201cThat man said \u2018Puppy biscuit\u2019 to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitty then goes to a grocery store for the dog biscuits and makes his way to the hotel lobby where he has arranged to meet his wife. He sits in a chair and picks up a magazine that carries a story about airborne warfare. He begins to daydream again, seeing himself as a heroic bomber pilot about to go on a dangerous mission. He is brave and lightheart-ed as he prepares to risk his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He returns to the real world when his wife claps him on the shoulder. She is full of questions, and he explains to her that he was thinking. \u201cDoes it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?\u201d he says. She replies that she plans to take his temperature when they get home. They leave the hotel and walk toward the parking lot. She darts into a drugstore for one last purchase, and Mitty remains on the street as it begins to rain. He lights a cigarette and imagines himself smoking it in front of a firing squad. He tosses the cigarette away and faces the guns courageously\u2014\u201cWalter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think this was a great short story. The plot was interesting and it had a deep meaning. The description is very clear, and easy to visualize. I would highly recommend to read this short story and would give it a 4.9\/5. In conclusion, this is a fabulous short story as Walter Mitty takes us on a staggering journey in a different reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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