Mitty’s domineering personality intrudes for the first time into Walter’s fantasy life and the reader finally becomes aware of the true content of the story. 545Īfter the opening paragraph describing emergency action taking place on board a Navy hydroplane, Mrs. "Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. By withholding context, this first line gives the reader an experience of this same thrill. For Walter, there really is no dividing line the life inside his head is every bit as real as the life taking place around him outside his imagination at any given point. What Thurber is striving for by doing this is to give the same immediate sense of reality to Walter’s fantasy life as is given to his real life. No context is provided to indicate that the action is anything but the opening line of a story having something to do with the military. The opening line of Thurber’s short story places the reader directly into the middle of an action scene.
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