![]() In my opinion, the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” did not include a climax or a resolution based on the plot of the story. The short story is about Walter and his wife who are going to the town of Waterbury so that Mrs. Mitty could get her hair done. The story begins with what seems to be a flashback of Walter as a Navy Commander Pilot, conducting his crew through a storm. When he snaps back into reality Walter is behind the wheel of a car. After dropping his wife off Walter continuously has day dreams that are triggered by an event occuring in his real life. I am unsure whether what he is imagining is a flashback or not, all we know is that it is all in Walter’s head. As Walter continues along his caride he is triggered numerous times by his surroundings. He imagines himself as a doctor performing surgery, a witness on the stand of a trial, and as the captain of a bomber plane. The story plot line is steady, alternating between reality and Walter’s imagination. There is no significant turning point in the story where tension has built up to change the stories course of direction. In my opinion, I believe that James Thurber did not include a climax or resolution because he wanted the reader to understand the mind of Walter. To escape the conflicts between him and his wife he fantasizes frequently. There are no big events that occur, nor does he express much emotion. His life simply consists of imagination. In the end there is no resolution since the conflict between Walter and his wife is not resolved. Instead when he faced her at the end he was “...erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.” (Thurber 5). This shows how no resolution was added to show how Walter lives his life hiding from the truth, unwilling to fix it.
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