1. James Thurber By: Holly Gaines

2. Background Information Born in Columbus, Ohio Attended Ohio State University and joined The New Yorker magazine in 1927 He did stories, essays, and cartoons.

3. Background continued….. A humorists writer whose work is part of the American literary canon.

4. Humorists Writers…… Humor writers must have the ability to perceive the ridicules, comical, or ludicrous aspects of a personality or situation. Humorists often exaggerate details and embellish facts for comic.

5. Thurber Talking…… “I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.”

6. Major Works The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939) – Most Well Known My Life and Hard Times (Perennial Classics) (1999) My World-and Welcome to It (Harvest Book) (1969) The Thurber Carnival (Perennial Classics) (1999) Thurber: Writings and Drawings (Liberty of America) (1996) The Night the Ghost Came In

7. Stream Of Consciousness A continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual’s conscience experience.

8. Other Facts Thurber worked hard in the 1920s, both in the U.S. and in France, to establish himself as a professional writer. However, unique among major American literary figures, he became equally well known for his simple, surrealistic drawings and cartoons.

9. Influences on the writer James Thurber revolved around an exaggerated account of a childhood experience. That’s why he’s humorous. Both his mom and his dad had a great influence on his writings too by encouraging him to go on with his humorous short stories

10. People the James Influenced… Kurt Vonnegut Joseph Heller

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