Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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Secret Life of Walter Mitty

• Daydreaming
• Every 90 Minutes

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Importance of Daydreaming

• To escape from worries, boredom, decision-making,
  past mistakes, etc.
• To entertain themselves
• To experience dreams vicariously

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Universal Behaviors

• Definition Behaviors that all people no matter
  of time, place, gender, religious affiliation,
  exhibit.
• Authors write about universal behaviors in order
  to create characters and situation hat have
  universal appeal.
• Humorists do this with absurdities or
  incongruities that they have observed in human
  nature.
• James Thurber, humorist, liked to write about
  peculiarities and quirks of behavior he observed
  first hand.

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Daydreams Collide with Reality

• Contrast dramatically with actual life
• Clash of daydream and reality creates
  hallucinations
• In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty the
  hallucinations create comedy
• Also creates a sense of compassion for the
  daydreamer.