The Catbird Seat | Themes
Thurber's work often focuses on the struggle between men and women to understand each other and to live together. He often portrays battles between a weak, nervous man and a strong, domineering woman, and this recurring theme is most notably depicted in such fictional works as The Owl in the Attic (1931) and the "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939). Thurber picks up on this theme in "The Catbird Seat" as well, and when the story was adapted as a movie in 1960, the film was called The Battle of the Sexes. While many of Thurber's other stories and drawings explore...
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