"The Unicorn" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

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This paper analyzes James Thurber's novels "The Unicorn" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", both of which tell the tale of disintegrating relationships and distrust between husband and wife and shows how the terrible relationships and the awful marriages that existed between these two couples in the novels pushed both men to drastically take their lives into their own hands. It examines how both books prove James Thurber's disdain for marriage in his creation of two characters bordering on some form of mental incapacity in order to rid themselves of their wives.

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"The most lasting, permanent relationship that exists in one's life is the relationship between husband and wife. While the bond that exists between parents and their children is strong, children do grow up, and begin their own lives, most often leaving the home of their parents. Before children come into the picture, marriages exist, and after the children leave, marriages remain. If a marriage is strong, there is a certain advantage the couple have over a failing marriage. Strong relationships, strong marriages, benefit the couple in their lives everyday, leading to the conclusion that poor marriages must cause certain detriment and despair in the lives of the couple."

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