The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller, is a comedic drama about a negative assets manger, Walter Mitty (played by Ben Stiller), who embarks on a journey that forces him into adulthood. In all his years working at Life Magazine, Walter had never lost track of a negative, however, as the company is in the process of shutting down, he misplaces the one that was supposed to be on the cover on the final issue. This causes his to travel to foreign places and dothe impossible in hopes of relocating it. Before his journey began, Walter tried to find adventure in his life by living through daydreams in which he was the hero, because he felt to small in the world to find the courage to do things like stand up to his …show more content…
As Walter is trying to pursue a fellow employee, Sheryl (played by Kristen Wiig), he comes across the character of Todd Maher (played by Patton Oswalt), a contact person for eHarmony. Although he provides humor to the movie, he didn't a significant role in Walter's life and wasn't evolved in his transition into a man. The overall filming of the movie was very pleasing to the eye, and proved to be one of the movie's biggest strengths. At the start of the film, Walter is shown to be very small, which is how he views himself. The wide shots of his surroundings give the audience a true feel to how Walter thinks he looks to others. As he moves forward in his journey, he slowly get bigger and bigger in the frame, signifying his growth as a person. This film is definitely something I would recommend to someone if they wanted a different perspective on life. It makes you understand that you aren't as incapable as you might make yourself to be. Also, it makes one feel motivated to see a person like Walter do things that seem impossible and grow from the experience. If you are looking for a movie that has the capability to change in how you live your life, this is a must
Walter Younger is the biggest dreamer of the family. As the man of the household, he holds the most responsibility since he has to supply for his wife Ruth, son, mother and sister, which is a very demanding task since there are so many people living in such small quarters. His dream is to acquire wealth with his friends in order to support his family, and eventually have enough to give his family a better life and set his son up for a successful life. Throughout the movie, he focuses on quick fixes to any situation that arises. When the neighborhood’s improvement association offers to buy the family out of moving into a white suburb of Chicago, Walter wants to accept the offer because the family needed the money...
At first, Walter starts as a man who does not have many traits and characteristics that a leader in the family should has. He feels frustrated of the fact that his mother can potentially support his sister, Beneatha, in her education career. Walter complains and feels depressed about his current life when he has many aspects that not many African men had during his time. Walter has a happy family, a loving wife, and an acceptable occupation. Unfortunately, Walter wants more in his life, and he feels hopeless and depressed when something does not go in his ways. Walter starts to change when he experiences and learns Willis’s betrayal, his father’s hard work, his son’s dream of becoming a bus driver, and his mother’s explanation about the Africans’ pride. Through many difficulties, Walter becomes the man of the family, and he learns the importance of accepting and living a happy life with his family. Like Walter, many African men had to overcome the challenges and obstacles. They had to face and endure through racism. These two ideas often led to many tragic and depressed incidents such as unequal opportunities, inequality treatments, segregation, and
During the time when Walter stareded gong to high schoolm those years were hard for him, for the fact that he suffered from a speech impediment. But that minor problem didn't stop him from writing. In high school he was a good student and could read well but he had a behavioral problem. In school he had a very severe speech difficulty, and he said he arrived at
As the movie progresses, Walter's new self-confidence shows when his mother returns with her latest abusive boyfriend. The main reason Mae had wanted Walter to stay with his eccentric uncles is to try to find the millions of dollars his uncles are supposed to have hidden away somewhere. Mae and her boyfriend, a supposed private investigator, claim Hub and
The first reason I believe that Walter is the protagonist is because he isn’t a selfish man. What I mean by this is when he is talking about issues he tends to discuss family issues above his own personal things. Though at times in the play when he is drunk and loses his temper he does start speaking selfishly, I believe that his overall attitude in the play is for his family to move up the world. I believe that Walter’s son Travis is the main reason why he acts so unselfishly. He seems to want the best for this son and doesn’t want his son to feel that there isn’t anything he can’t have or do.
Life is about finding yourself, each other, and being true to one’s self. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is an extremely original and creative story written by James Thurber. The movie, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, starring Ben Stiller, conveys a daydreamer escaping his typical life by disappearing into a realm of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. In both the movie and the book, the title character retreats into fantasy as an escape from his mundane reality because in the real world, he is ordinary, insecure, and passive. In the short story, Walter simply retreats into his daydreams and tolerates his domineering wife, while in the movie he actively pursues finding himself.
... the realization that he does not need a liquor store to make him happy. He needs his family to be happy in order for him to be happy. Walter matures throughout the story, and his American Dream disappears, and new dreams appear.
Upset and discouraged, Walter tells him he cannot find the negative. His boss then decides to fire Walter on the spot and tells him that they will make the cover themselves. That night while having dinner with his Mom, she mentions to him that a week ago Sean had visited her. He discovers that Sean has just travelled to ungoverned Afghanistan, which is a very dangerous place. The original Walter would have automatically told himself that he could not do that, but by fostering his own personal growth, he doesn’t hesitate to book a plane ticket. Flights from the United States do not land in Afghanistan, so he will have to travel through Yemen and traverse the Himalayas to get to Sean's location. After many days of mountaineering over snow covered mountains at an altitude of 20,000 feet, he finally locates Sean. Through his hypothetical thought, Walter finally becomes the adventurous man he has always wanted to be. He is able to change the symbol of his former self. He is no longer the symbol of boring and unworthy, rather he is now unafraid and noteworthy. As they sit on top of the Himalayas, Sean tells Walter the missing negative has been in his wallet the whole
Living in a poverty stricken area, Walter can only think about one of the many things he lacks, money. On the contrary, there are African Americans on the other side of Chicago who do have money and run large businesses. This pushes Walter to not only want to provide more for his family, but also dream big and become determined. The only way that he sees fit for him to make his dream come true and earn more
...the deeds done for your family. Instead of choosing to give up the home his mother purchased for the family Walter stands up and chooses not only a better home for his family but also a better life. He chooses to keep a place his mother purchased that went against his dreams to provide his son with a real home and in doing so he finally and truly understood what it was to have his manhood restored.
so that he can prove that he is capable of creating a future for his family. By doing well in business Walter thinks that he can buy his family. happiness. I am a sassy. Walter has a dream.
...se. Still Walter will face many more roadblocks, but perhaps his shattered life may begin to repair itself, even without financial security.
To start off, Walter’s obsession with money is going to cost him a lot since it is the only thing he cares about. In the beginning, Walter starts out by only caring only about himself, but towards the end, he starts to care for everyone else as well. This shows that Walter is a selfish person. As Walter Lee states to Ruth, “Yeah. You see, this little liquor store we got in mind cost seventy-five thousand and we figured the initial investment on the place be ‘bout thirty thousand, see” is the dream that Walter Lee has for himself (Hansberry 33). Walter wants the money that the Younger family is getting from the insurance company to buy the liquor store. He thinks that the liquor store will make them rich and the family would not have to struggle anymore. At the end, Walter changes his whole point of view towards the insurance money. Walter declares to Mr....
This episode illustrates a major conflict throughout the story. As Walter dreams bigger and bigger he seems to leave the 'smaller' things such as his family behind. This movement away from the family is against the furtherance of the values and morals of the family. While his father would have been happy simply working and caring for his family, Walter is more concerned with becoming a 'mover and shaker' without thinking about the resulting consequences for his family.
Baz Luhrmann has done this film in a unique and brilliant way, with help of the above, and of course a great loved story as a base.