If you read the story again, concentrating on those characters, I'm sure you'll get some ideas.
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These questions regard the short-story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
Describe each character's involvement in the story. Then explain how the reader's understanding of Walter Mitty would be different if the episode had been written from that character's point of view.
1. The woman on the sidewalk.
2. The parking-lot attendant.
3. Mrs. Mitty.
3 answers
1. The woman on the sidewalk's involvement in the story is very little. She merely laughs while passing, telling her companion that Mitty “said ‘Puppy biscuit’ to himself.” Nevertheless, the reader's understanding of Walter Mitty would be very different if it were told from this character's perspective as he would be seen as merely a mad man who talks to himself.
2. The parking-lot attendant's involvement in the story is slightly moderate. He was the one to awaken Mitty from one of his daydreams, then, after Mitty entered the wrong lane, "vaulted into [Mitty's] car, backed it up with insolent skill, and put it where it belonged." If the episode had been written from this character's point of view, the reader's understanding of Walter Mitty would very different as it would most likely refer to Mitty as a man trapped by his thoughts and a poor driver.
3. Mrs. Mitty's involvement is great in this story as she occasionally triggers Mitty's daydreams and frees him from them as well. She is also considered as the main antagonist; the parking-lot attendant paling in comparison. Thus, the reader's understanding would be far different if it were written from this character's perspective as he would undoubtedly be viewed as a child or one incapable of handling responsibility.
2. The parking-lot attendant's involvement in the story is slightly moderate. He was the one to awaken Mitty from one of his daydreams, then, after Mitty entered the wrong lane, "vaulted into [Mitty's] car, backed it up with insolent skill, and put it where it belonged." If the episode had been written from this character's point of view, the reader's understanding of Walter Mitty would very different as it would most likely refer to Mitty as a man trapped by his thoughts and a poor driver.
3. Mrs. Mitty's involvement is great in this story as she occasionally triggers Mitty's daydreams and frees him from them as well. She is also considered as the main antagonist; the parking-lot attendant paling in comparison. Thus, the reader's understanding would be far different if it were written from this character's perspective as he would undoubtedly be viewed as a child or one incapable of handling responsibility.
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