1. Looking at “The secret life of walter mitty”
Characterization
Looking at “The secret life of walter mitty”

2. Types of Characters Static vs. Dynamic Flat vs. Round
Dynamic: develops, changes, and learns throughout the story
Examples? (from a movie, show, book, etc.)
Static: stays the same
Flat vs. Round
Round: complex or shows many different qualities, including faults.
Examples?
Flat: one-dimensional or showing only one trait

3. Mrs. Mitty
“We’ve all been through that,” she said, getting out of the car. “You’re not a young man any longer.” He raced the engine a little. “Why don’t you wear your loves? Have you lost your gloves?”
Character traits of Mrs. Mitty:

4. Walter Mitty
“Once he tried to take his chains off [the tires] outside New Milford, and he had got them wound around the axles. A man had to come out in a wrecking car and unwind them, a young, grinning garageman. Since then, Mrs. Mitty always made him drive to a garage to have the chains taken off. The next time, he thought, I’ll wear my right arm in the sling; they won’t grin at me then.
Characteristics of Walter Mitty:

5. Walter Mitty, part 2.
“A woman’s scream rose above the bedlam and suddenly a lovely, dark-haired girl was in Walter Mitty’s arms. The District Attorney struck at her savagely. Without rising from his chair, Mitty let the man have it on the point of the chin. “You miserable cur!”
Characteristics of (this) Walter Mitty:

6. Mrs. Mitty and Walter Mitty
“Did you get the what’s-its-name? The puppy biscuit? What’s in that box?” “Overshoes,” said Mitty. “Couldn’t you have put them on in the store?” “I was thinking,” said Walter Mitty. “Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?” She looked at him. “I’m going to take your temperature when I get home.”
Characteristics of Mrs. Mitty and Walter Mitty:

7. Going deeper: Author’s Purpose
Asking important questions like:
What is the significance (or “so what?”) of this event?
Why does the author include this detail?