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  • The story is about a man named Walter Mitty, who has extremely vivid daydreams that serve as an escape from his mundane real life. While Mitty is a fictional character, James Thurber said that he loosely based the character off of a friend from his own life named Walter Mithoff, who was prone to frequent daydreams.24


    Walter Mitty 



    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a story about life, and how it is something to be seized and enjoyed, before it is too late. The message of the movie is that life is not something to be whiled away in abject misery, patiently counting off the days until death.