“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a story about a person, who is called Walter Mitty, he always have the daydreams. And he had five daydreams in this story. The first dream is he flies a Navy airplane through a terrible storm, and he is very brave, he leads this flight successfully. The second dream, he dreams he is a great surgeon. He has great skills, and he can fix the anesthetic by himself. The third dream is he is on trial for murder, and he can use either hand to play the gun. The fourth dream is he is a wonderful fighter pilot; he flies the plane by himself (without the partner). Then the last dream, he tried to relax with the cigarette, but he goes into a firing square, and he is doomed. These are some base plots in this story.

  From the introduction, we can see that Walter Mitty, who is the main character in this story. In his dream, he is a brave, fearless, powerful leader. He can do many special things, like flies the Navy airplane, fix the machines. He can overcome the pressure very easy, and he is not afraid to die. For example, the first dream, he can fly the Navy airplane in the storm. He does not feel afraid, and he is very claim. Also, because of the great skill, he flies successfully. This dream can prove that he is very brave, and he has the great kill. For the fifth dream, he goes into the firing square, he knows he will die, but he does not afraid with it.

  In Walter Mitty’s fantasies, he is very brave, but in the real life, he is a very forgetful man, he does not have some great skill. For example, he cannot park the car successful, and somebody help him to park the car. That is the example that he does not have great skill. Another example is he forgets what he should buy in the mail, then he says the “puppy biscuit”, and his wife laughs him. This example proves that he is a forgetful man.

  To sum up, the reason why Walter Mitty daydream is because he wants to be a man that is brave and fearless, but he cannot be this kind of man in the real life, so he makes himself become this kind of man in the dream. That is the reason why he always has the daydreams.




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