'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'

In the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber, is a short story about a man who daydreams so frequently that it causes trouble in his life. In the story the protaginist’s wife, Mrs. Mitty, is seen as quite a nag. However, I believe that she is trying to keep Walter Mitty safe from himself, although one could see her attempts as very harsh and emasculation. I thourghly believe that she is trying to help him, but has a poor way of showing it. There’s a psycolighical disorder called “Maladaptive Daydreaming” which is usually triggered by events in average daily life. Symptoms of this disorder are comenly seen in Walter, by events like passing by the hospital and daydreaming about being a surgeon or hearing a newspaper

Look out for that Buick!” Walter Mitty jammed on the brakes. “Wrong lane, Mac,” said the parking-lot attendant, looking at Mitty closely. “Gee. Yeh,” muttered Mitty. He began cautiously to back out of the lane marked “Exit Only.” (Thurber: 4) This shows that Walter gets so caught up in his daydreams that he often makes mistakes that can endanger himself or others. Another instance of this is shown when Thurber says “They’re so damn cocky, thought Walter Mitty, walking along Main Street; they think they know everything. Once he had tried to take his chains off, outside New Milford, and he had got them wound around the axles. A man had had to come out in a wrecking car and unwind them, a young, grinning garageman. Since then Mrs. Mitty always made him drive to a garage to have the chains taken off.” (Thurber: 4) This shows that he tried to take his chains off himself and he almost ruined the car in the process. One could say that Mrs. Mitty is just a nag and could prove this by stating that the author wrote “Hmm?” said Walter Mitty. He looked at his wife, in the seat beside him, with shocked astonishment. She seemed grossly unfamiliar, like a strange woman who had yelled at him in a