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  What are Walter Mitty's five fantasies?

  Posted by miisskaykay09 on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:58 PM

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  What is the setting in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by ilovespanish on Oct 19, 2009 at 04:18 PM

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  What is the structure of the story "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber?

  Posted by mrogers2133 on Oct 18, 2009 at 09:30 AM

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  What are 3 reasons why the author would end the story with a fantasy sequence?

  Posted by silvershine on Oct 6, 2009 at 10:13 PM

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  In the short story "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" do you feel sorry for Mitty in the start of the story? Why or why not?

  Posted by woahitzbrooke2 on Oct 3, 2009 at 11:02 AM

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  What is the irony in this story?

  Posted by dtcsvx45 on Sep 30, 2009 at 05:14 PM

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  Compare and contrast Walter Mitty in real life with Mitty in his daydream.

  Posted by davin2786 on Sep 4, 2009 at 03:00 PM

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  What symbols are used by the author in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by delia-345 on Aug 31, 2009 at 12:57 AM

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  What were the 5 daydreams Walter Mitty had throughtout the story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?  

  Posted by vikings1 on Aug 24, 2009 at 06:28 PM

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  Do the different personas who tell parts of the story tell the truth or lie? Why?

  Posted by confused-student3208 on Aug 21, 2009 at 06:04 PM

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  What is the exposition in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by sammxobabey on Jun 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM

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  In what way does Mitty's last daydream of an apt comment on his fate in real life?

  Posted by uwish on Jun 2, 2009 at 08:29 PM

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  What is the irony in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by crnak on Apr 13, 2009 at 04:49 PM

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  Examine the external conflict from the story concerning Mr. Walter Mitty and Mrs. Mitty.  

  Posted by suite1 on Mar 26, 2009 at 03:26 AM

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  Show clearly from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" that Mrs. Mitty is an overbearing wife.

  Posted by tsenduetknag on Mar 26, 2009 at 01:33 AM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" what is the main conflict? Why?

  Posted by suite1 on Mar 19, 2009 at 09:21 PM

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  Give suitable title of your own to each day dreams in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and state your reasons for picking up those titles.

  Posted by shujala-ramon on Mar 17, 2009 at 04:01 AM

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  What is the parody in the secret life of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by gracie136 on Mar 11, 2009 at 01:38 PM

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  Summarize the last dream of Mitty where he says "Mitty the undefeated, inscrutable to the last."

  Posted by umesh3 on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:16 PM

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  Why does Walter Mitty's wife want to check his temperature?

  Posted by becka3271 on Mar 4, 2009 at 01:32 PM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," what triggers Mitty's second, third, and fourth daydreams? How is he pulled out of each one?

  Posted by rokey on Feb 15, 2009 at 04:16 PM

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  How would one summarize all of the dreams that Walter Mitty has?

  Posted by roflcopter217 on Feb 4, 2009 at 05:41 PM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," name some examples of Mitty's letting other people tell him what to.

  Posted by jennyqiao on Jan 28, 2009 at 05:15 PM

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  What is the wish or desire in the following sentence from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty":

  Posted by megalomanya on Jan 20, 2009 at 04:44 AM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", what are two of Mitty's daydreams?

  Posted by cloii on Jan 15, 2009 at 07:08 PM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", why does Walter Mitty act the way he does?

  Posted by chelsea82 on Jan 8, 2009 at 08:32 PM

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  What event triggers Mitty's courtroom daydream in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by babey13 on Dec 16, 2008 at 07:28 PM

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  Please explain the conscious and subconscious mental wanderings of the main character in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 

  Posted by meskaonsnese on Nov 16, 2008 at 02:50 PM

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  Is Mitty's experience an isolated case in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"? 

  Posted by beti on Nov 5, 2008 at 11:02 AM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", how does Walter relate to his wife, and how does she relate to him?

  Posted by jbezy07 on Oct 19, 2008 at 06:58 PM

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  Can you name all the characters Mitty imagines himself as, and the scenes in the story? 

  Posted by caraboo on Oct 13, 2008 at 04:54 PM

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  How is the quotation "things close in" related to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by festonidrizi on Sep 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM

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  What type of character is Walter Mitty?

  Posted by sophie333 on Sep 21, 2008 at 08:02 AM

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  In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," why does Walter Mitty imagine himself facing a firing squad?

  Posted by sophie333 on Sep 18, 2008 at 01:15 PM

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  Who is Walter with and what is he actually doing during the story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by terrance on Sep 1, 2008 at 07:58 PM

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  Who woke up Walter Mitty during his daydream in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by zthar23 on Jul 14, 2008 at 06:40 AM

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  What type of story is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and please explain.

  Posted by tnorbu on Jul 9, 2008 at 06:13 AM

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  What kind of impact did the short story have on?

  Posted by dewi on May 7, 2008 at 06:53 AM

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  What are the characteristics of The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by danee on Apr 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM

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  What are the answers to the facts of the story in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by duter45 on Apr 23, 2008 at 06:04 AM

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  Is there anything symbolic or ironic in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by phanchic16 on Mar 9, 2008 at 07:35 PM

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  How might Walter Mitty's personality trigger his last daydream?

  Posted by garcia1991 on Jan 2, 2008 at 07:09 PM

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  What is the conflict of the The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by hannah08 on Dec 3, 2007 at 01:46 PM

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  Do you feel sorry for Walter Mitty ? Why or why not ?

  Posted by leazier01 on Nov 15, 2007 at 04:36 PM

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  Is Walter Mitty a hero and, if so, why?

  Posted by lleissring on Oct 23, 2007 at 06:37 PM

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  What does Walter Mitty mean when he says, "things close in"?

  Posted by kinky1627 on Oct 1, 2007 at 07:17 PM

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  Why did Walter Mity imagine himself facing a firing squad?

  Posted by kinky1627 on Sep 29, 2007 at 09:18 AM

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  What is the climax of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

  Posted by rieveley on Feb 6, 2007 at 05:36 PM

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  What is absurd about Walter Mitty's first daydream in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?

  Posted by arianne on Feb 6, 2007 at 01:42 PM

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  Where does Mr. Mitty's "secret life" take him? What does he become?

  Posted by cunuyu on Jan 29, 2007 at 08:19 PM