The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory

We first hear this sound in reference to the "Navy hydroplane" that Walter steers through a violent storm; he imagines it's the "pounding of the cylinders" (1). Later, in Walter's fantasy surgery,...

Mitty fantasizes about being a Commander or a pilot or a surgeon or a crack shot, but in fact, he is none of these things. And as such, he doesn't really know what he's talking about. When he imagi...

Mrs. Mitty badgers Walter to buy overshoes at the store; she also insists that he wear his gloves while driving. It seems to us that a lot of what she does to Walter has to do with sheltering him f...