Life Lessons in August Wilson's Fences and James Thurber's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Comparing the story of August Wilson 's play "Fences" and James Thurber' s short story "The Walter Mitty 's Secret Story" shows that the main character of each story is confronted with a similar universal human confrontation . Troy, "fence" and Walter Mitty live there, and as with most people they are somewhat limited by the way they can control the uncontrollable power of their life . Unfortunately, these limits are inevitable throughout life and sometimes can be very stressful. When people experience stress, their future response to stress is often amplified (Carpi).

The secret of James Thurber 's Waltmiti is in James Thur' s wonderful short story "The Walter Mitty 's Secret Life". I feel he may not be mere fantasy, but a victim of attention deficit disorder. Throughout the story, Walter changed his personality over and over. As he moves back and forth between reality and fantasy, his range of attention may be problematic. Walter needs Mrs Mitty to put him on the right track. Like a foresight, his head is in the clouds, which makes her angry.

Comparing the story of August Wilson 's play "Fences" and James Thurber' s short story "The Walter Mitty 's Secret Story" shows that the main character of each story is confronted with a similar universal human confrontation . Troy, "fence" and Walter Mitty live there, and as with most people they are somewhat limited by the way they can control the uncontrollable power of their life . Unfortunately, these limits are inevitable throughout life and sometimes can be very stressful. When people experience stress, their future response to stress is often amplified (Carpi).

An overview of Kirsten and Shelby James Thurber relates to the role network, and James Thurber is an American writer, a cartoonist and a famous wit. The short story "Waltmiti's Secret Life" shows his views on arrogant women and invalid men and his views on marriage and women. "Waltmiti's Secret Life" is one of his most famous short stories. Purple arrows are used to connect the relationship between Walter Mitty and other characters and turquoise arrows are used to connect Mitty and the person he became fantastic. Mrs. Miti is Walter 's wife and will accept all decisions in Walters' life. Turquoise arrows linking Walter and his imagination are very important and represent people who want to be Walter. Walter