THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

JAMES THURBER

• Wrote the short story "the secret life of Walter Mitty"
• Published in New York in 1939
• Was made into a movie in 2013

WALTER MITTY

• Is a married man with a boring life
• Often daydreams and confuses reality
• Daydreams about him self as a heroic person

WALTER MITTY'S DAYDREAMS

• Hydroplane
• World famous surgeon
• British pilot from WW1
• Suspect in a murder case

PI'S DAYDREAMS

• The tiger on the lifeboat
• The rest of the animals
• Algae island
• Blind man

HOW THE TWO RELATE

• Walter daydreams to escape from reality
• Also to make his life seem more interesting
• Pi daydreams because he's stuck on a boat
• Pretends Richard Parker is there to entertain himself
• Both have two stories to their lives