The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 
so-soIt was funny to read this short story while waiting for my mammogram results at the doctor‘s office. It‘s all about a man lost in his daydreams while in the midst of mundane life events. It was a bit meta to escape into his story in that moment. I‘ll admit, in this case I actually love the 2013 movie version more than the 1939 story. It took the original idea and added more depth and adventure.
I‘ve not read this short story (yet) or anything from James Thurber, nor have I seen either film based on it, but I do know this is about #flightsoffancy. 😀
#FallFinds
"To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life."
With a life lived mostly in fantasy, is Walter Mitty the greatest #Wannabe of all time?
(Still from the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye)
#SeptemberSins @jenniferw88
pickA very short story that I wish was longer. The ending, to me seemed to just be cut off.
pickI have fallen hard for the works of James Thurber this summer and I put this on my Kindle, having only been aware of the Danny Kaye movie. It was super super short and felt like the kind of thing that an English class could really pick apart.
#SummerOfShort
pickThis has been on my Audible TBR since the Ben Stiller movie came out and it was offered for@free by Audible. It hardly counts as part of #MountTBR clocking in at 15 minutes including a little afterward by Ben Stiller, but I am unashamed; I‘m gonna count it. I‘m going to listen to it again right away.
#audiogardening
#FierceFeb #9to5 @Cinfhen @batsy Do you often wonder about people? There‘s the 9 to 5 person & then there‘s the other person. I think it‘s intriguing 🤔
#characters2017 #spacecadet #kingofwishfulthinking Combining two prompts for the character of Walter Mitty-introduced in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" a story by James Thurber in The New Yorker in 1939. Growing up I watched the 1947 Danny Kaye movie on tv with my dad, I later read the story in an American short story class & I've watched the 2013 Ben Stiller remake. Walter Mitty spaced out into daydreams & was the king of wishful thinking.??
“To hell with the handkerchief,” said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. 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.
“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.
