1. James Thurber “Thurberisms”

6. December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961

7. Thurberisms “It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” “Let us not look back to the past with anger, nor towards the future with feat, but look around with awareness. “You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.” “The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.” “Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?” “Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.” “He who hesitates is sometimes saved.” “All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”

8. Vocabulary for “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” By James Thurber

9. 1.coreopsis (271) Daisy-like flowers

10. 2. disdainful (271) expressing disgust

11. 3. satire (271) a literary work that ridicules or pokes fun at a situation

12. 4. relished (271) enjoyed; ;to enjoy or to please

13. 5. inconsistency (271) not staying the same

14. 6. buffeted (271) beaten back

15. 7.rakishly (272) having a trim neat appearance

16. 8.grossly (273) very wrong; immediately obvious

17. 9.lurched (273) to suddenly roll, pitch, or sway to one side

18. 10. tertiary (273) a third time

19. 11. craven (274) cowardly, afraid

20. 12. grave (274) requiring serious thought

21. 13.bicarbonate (275) an acid salt of carbonic acid used to settle upset stomachs; an antacid, like “Alka-seltzer”

22. 14. pandemonium (275) wild disorder, noise or confusion

23. 15. bedlam (275) any noisy, confused place or situation; noise and confusion; uproar

24. 16. cur (275) a person who is mean, contemptible or worthless, cowardly

25. 17. cannonading (276) a continuous firing of artillery

26. 18. barrage (276) a curtain of artillery fire laid down to keep enemy forces from moving

27. 19. derisive (277) ridiculing, making fun of

28. 20. inscrutable (277) mysterious; that which cannot be understood

29. Extra Credit: Ellipsis...