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Walter's wife, known in the story as "Mrs. Mitty," treats Walter like an absent-minded child. She is overbearing, condescending, and critical towards Walter. But she is also Walter's link to the real world. While Walter is off in his own imagination, it is his wife or other people who bring him back to reality. This relationship of Walter's imagination (his escape from reality) and his wife's nagging (in efforts to bring him back to reality) is an uncertain "chicken and the egg" situation. We, readers, don't know if Walter's imagination is what caused his wife to become the practical, reality-based wife that she is or if Walter uses his imagination as an escape from his overbearing wife. Even if we knew which came first (Walter being absent-minded or his wife being condescending), it is just as likely that over the course of their marriage, Walter's and his wife's behaviors fed off of each other; and therefore, who started the whole cycle is somewhat irrelevant.
At the end of the story, when Mrs. Mitty returns from her appointment, Walter says, "Things close in." This is noted as a vague statement but could be interpreted to illustrate how Walter feels about the real world. He feels trapped and therefore resorts to fantasies in order to escape from that trapped feeling. One could sympathize with Mrs. Mitty, knowing that Walter is always absent-minded to the point of being careless. On the other hand, one could sympathize with Walter. Even when Walter tells her he was thinking, a valid excuse, she dismisses it as a fever:
"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 you home," she said.
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The unique characteristics of this form of writing is that it takes the reader on a journey through the various stages of exploration that the writer experiences. For instance, in finding out information on a topic the writer would explain to the reader why he chose one resource over that one and so on.
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Answer D.
The king is a tragic hero because he loses everything in the end. The king has a tragic ending.
The main theme of "Night" by Elie Wiesel is the prevalence of religious faith. This theme is developed by the actions of Eliezer who struggles to keep his faith in God.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- Eliezer grew up within the Jewish religion and was taught to believe in a kind and benevolent God.
- This belief is the basis for Eliezer's faith, which made him believe that God would never forsake him.
- however, during World War II and after suffering a lot in a concentration camp along with other Jews, Eliezer had his faith shaken.
- He began to question whether God was kind and benevolent, as he looked like all Jews were helpless.
At the same time, Eliezer only had the religion and belief in God to cling to, but it was very difficult to maintain faith amid suffering.
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