Free from an Ordinary Life

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This paper compares these two stories about ordinary men with ordinary lives seeking to free themselves from their mundane existence. The paper asserts that, while both works display the breakdown of the human psyche that can occur when individuals see themselves as more than their actual reality allows them to be, both works achieve this display in different ways. The paper also asserts that both the film and the play are successful at portraying to the audience the mental breakdown of their characters.

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"In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", the main character, Walter, is getting older. His everyday existence involves mundane activities, such as buying overshoes and driving his overbearing wife to the hairdresser. In response to this, Walter's mind begins to fantasize about a life in which he is not an everyday man. In his mind, he can become anything in relation to the world around him, from a naval officer, to a doctor, to a Capitan in World War II."

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