"Creative expression allows people to attempt to escape from what they view as painful realities of human existence" This essay explains this statement with proof from 3 novels.
Title: "Creative expression allows people to attempt to escape from what they view as painful realities of human existence" This essay explains this statement with proof from 3 novels.
Category: /Society & Culture/People
Details: Words: 1672 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Creative expression allows people to attempt to escape from what they view as painful realities of human existence" This essay explains this statement with proof from 3 novels.
Category: /Society & Culture/People
Details: Words: 1672 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
It has been said that, "creative expression allows people to attempt to escape from what they view as painful realities of human existence." The validity of this statement can be proven upon examining James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, secondly, Jeremiah S. Chechik's film Benny & Joon, and finally, Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie.
James Thurber's short story, tells of a man named Walter Mitty. In the story, Walter Mitty
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helps her to forget how different she is from other people.
James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Jeremiah S. Chechik's film Benny & Joon, and Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie, are all examples of how the mind can be used to escape from the drab or hurtful realities of life.
Works Cited
Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie, New Directions Publishing Corporation, Toronto Ontario, 1986.
Literary Experiences, Prentice-Hall Canada Inc, Scarborough Ontario, 1990