The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Critical Overview
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is Thurber's best-known short story. Walter Mitty has become a well-known character in American fiction. The tenth edition of the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines a "Walter Mitty" as "a commonplace unadventurous person who seeks escape
from reality through daydreaming." Waller Mitty, the average, ineffectual American is a recurring character-type in Thurber's fiction. Critics refer to this type of character as the "Thurber male."
However, critics are divided on how to interpret this Thurberian character. On the one hand, Richard C....
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