2021 writing portfolio

The secret life of Walter mitty essay

Question: Describe at least one character or individual you could relate to in the text. Explain why it is important that you were able to relate to the character or individual.

 

Introduction

 In the text “The secret life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber we have a character that seems to daydream a bit too much in his life, I heavily relate to Walter Mitty the main character, this character was like me in a way that I instantly saw and felt like we had something in common. Walter seems to do What I do a lot, He seems to daydream about things he sees around the place. He appeared to be so propelled into these daydreams that he sometimes needs to be woken up from them.

Walter Mitty’s daydreams are a crucial part of the text, it is important to relate to the main character during the text because it shows his boring his life is and how he wants it to be just like we dream of wanting to be like someone else. For example, if we did not relate in any sort of way we would not understand the text and its simple meaning. When the text says “ Mitty hastily pulled on his gloves and lurched ahead. He drove around the streets aimlessly for a time, and then he drove past the hospital on his way to the parking lot. . .. 

It’s the millionaire banker, Wellington McMillan,” said the pretty nurse. “Yes?” said Walter Mitty, removing his gloves slowly. “Who has the case?” “Dr. Renshaw and Dr. Benbow”

We see that things around him can give his mind inspiration of what he may daydream about next, see that in the real world he acts like a dog being told what to do by its owner but in his dreams, he is the main character of his own miniature world that sits in his head.

I found that daydreaming is something Walter and I do frequently, for example, I even daydreamed before I wrote this I daydreamed during most of my math class. I feel like daydreaming is where most of my ideas come from and are inspired by, I feel like daydreaming helps me, think or make my life more interesting. For example, I feel free in my head because there is no limit in what I do and sometimes my head merely makes the stories and I just go along with it. I see this in the text when Walter suddenly began dreaming, when he does dream he dreams, purely making his life more interesting because his life is a boring mess.

I heavily relate to Walter because there are some people who I don’t understand or like, it seems what he thinks of his wife as a mutual relationship because of the boring city trips he is forced to go on. I myself think the same because going on trips with my parents is quite boring or it’s something I don’t want to do but I always try to make it enjoyable but sometimes it’s just annoying to even be there. We see this in the whole text that he despises going on these trips when he’s little tips to the audience on how he feels.

In conclusion, we have a character called Walter Mitty in “The secret life of Walter Mitty” we see his boring life and city trips and how he uses his mind to bring stories to life in his head and make his life more interesting. I really related to this character because of how much he is himself and how sometimes those boring city trips are quite a time waste, I also see that there always seems like that one person we don’t mind but we always hate. To end this all I relate to Walter in many different ways, some more personal and some more in the interpersonal side of my life.

Power of One Essay

Facial expressions

Mise en scene

Dialogue

In the Power of one during the “Going for a run” scene, facial expressions are used very well

For Example, when Gideon talks about only having one toilet for two hundred people you see

PK’s facial expression looks disgusted and sorry for these people. The purpose of this was to show the emotion of PK and how much pain the natives have felt since the arrival of the Germans and The English. This makes the audience feel the same as PK, disgusted. When PK sees and hears what Gideon is talking about PK’s face seems sad and almost does not want to believe it’s true, making the audience horrified of what happened in the past. You see the same face-to-face encounter with PK and Gideon when PK began teaching English for Gideon’s people. You see PK is worried about Gideon’s lost eye, but Gideon’s smile seems to ensure that he doesn’t care, he only cares about his people’s survival.

In Power of one Mise en scene was used really well. We see this multiple times during the “Going for a run” scene for example when you see the man being kicked off the truck this shows that how unfair and cruel the world they live in. The purpose of this was to for us to understand without telling us that have struggled and stripped of their rights and made where they can barely live. All this helped me to understand that even helping a few people to do something so basic for us but difficult for others can impact the surrounding environment and people. We also see this near the end of the scene when Gideon walks away, we see a mother of two and an old lady being frightened of him.

During the “going for a run” we hear conversation escalate perfectly.

For example, when Gideon talks about the situation that millions live in you can hear the seriousness in his voice rise. The Director used the dialogue very well such as when Gideon mentions that only 2% of people can get an education and leave with job options such as mine slaves and street sweepers, the dialogue pairs nicely with Mise en scene which slips in the scene nicely.

The dialogue impacted the whole scene, telling us how they have struggled and how their land was taken from them. We also see this when Giel Peet wanted his people to have a part in the concert.

I write another one consisting of creative writing, sadly I did it on paper and never got it back.