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How well do the Poor Relation and Walter Mitty relive the boredom and restrictions of their everyday lives?
Both of the short stories include the plot of middle aged males that have a fantasy life within their own. Both of these fantasy lives totally contrast their own life. For example'The Poor Relation' gives the impression of being a rich, well-endowed business man whist he is really very poor and unsophisticated. This is a type of escapism from real life. Neither of the characters ever describe their lives as being particularly good and so they try to mimic their desired lives but in different ways. In'The Poor Relation' Michael is almost permanently acting as though he were a rich business man, and'Walter Mitty' in'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' slips in and out of fantasy when triggered by interesting things in real life. When'The Poor Relation' talks of his real life he nearly always speaks erroneously, for instance "I am not an attractive companion". This negative way of speaking of himself makes you realise that he is not very happy with his life.
Neither of there real lives reflects the type of life that they would like to have. The only thing that brings happiness to the'poor relations' life is'Little Frank'.'Little Frank''is the child of hisfirst cousin'. The poor relation loves little Frank; "I have a particular affection for that child". Through out the story tells the story of how he takes little Frank to'look at the monument'
Both of the story titles explain briefly what the story is about, more so in'the secret life of Walter Mitty'.'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'. The title itself describes what this story is all about. A man named'Walter Mitty' who frequently gets daydreams. As fast as his daydreams occur, they stop just as quickl…