The secret life of Walter Mitty

Activities 1 to 10

1) Read the story.

2) Without looking up the words you do not know answer the following questions.

a) What is the story about?

•  The story is about a man who is a big dreamer. In the story we can notice that he has differents kind of dreaming, where Walter Mitty is the main character in it.

b) In your opinion when and where does the story take place? Give reasons for your answers.

•  I think it's in the present,in a big city. Because Walter Mitty started his day as anybody else.

c) Look at the illustration. What is the relation between it and the story?

•  In my opinion the relation is beacuse he always has differents kind of dreamings and he has his head on the clouds.

4) There are some words the author uses that do not exist. Answers the following questions.

a) Which are they?

• Pocketa
• Inscrutable
• Occur
• Buick

b) How did the author make them up?

• I think the author invent this words, to put more interest on the sotry.

c) why did he use those words?

• Because is like a code between the characters and Walter Mitty.

d) In his dream as Colonel Mitty he walks away singing "Auprés de ma blonde". What is the song about?

• The song is about history, because a  man who is singing to a girl, ask her where her husband was, and she answered that the Dutch took it to the war.

Activities 5 to 8


5)

Write a subtitle for each dream:

a) A hurrricane it is spoiling them.

b) A complicated operation.

c) The Puppies Biscuits.

d) Differents dreams in one.

7) Read the text again and highlight the linguistic items that connect each dream with the following moment of 

a) "The old man ain't afraid of hell" - "No so fast, you're driving too fast!. Said Mrs. Mitty"

b) "The attendant vaulted into the car backed it up with insolut skill" - "They're so damn cocky, thought Walter Mitty walking along main street [...]".

c) "It's says puppies bark for it on the box said Walter Mitty" - "His wife would be through at the hairdresser's in fifteen minutes [...]".

d) "Auprés de ma blonde" he turned and waved to the sergeant "Cheerio" he said. - " I've been looking all over this hotel for you said Mrs. Mitty".


8) Describe Walter Mitty and comapre him to his alter egos. In what way are they different?

• Walter Mitty in his life he is a humble person he has a good job and a wife, while in his dreams he is totally different. Walter Mitty is always the main character on his dreams.

Activities 9 to 10

9) Read the last paragraph of the story, the dream is the continuation of one of the previous adventures. Which one? How does the author help you link them?

• I think the last paragraph is the continuation of the fourth adventure of Walter Mitty. The paragraph finished with Auprés de ma blonde" and i think that continue when the author says: "With that faint fleeting smile playing about his lips,he faced the firing squad, erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last".

10) Rewrite one of Walter Mitty's dreams. Imagine a completely new adventure. Be original!

• Oh my god, we're going in a dive! Said Walter Mitty to the commander's voice, we can not do nothing, we're going to crash in the middle of the jungle. Are you listening me? EC-DLE A300 shouted EC-DLE A300 Mitty shouted again. We're losing signal, oh shit... hold on tight. After some minutes Walter Mitty asked himself where we are? Mr. Lyno are you ok? and you Doctor Hilfiger are you ok?... we need help.... No Walter stop the car right now!! what happen to you now? It's another of your dreams isn't it? You have to visit a doctor inmediately!