His defender argues that Mitty could not have shot the victim because his right arm was injured. In one of Mitty's daydreams about being a grandiose and heroic person, he finds himself as the defendant in a murder trial. 'Facing the Bullets' One-Liner: The story ends with Walter Mitty leaning against a wall and imagining himself facing a firing squad, saying, 'To hell with the handkerchief.'.Dream Sue: Walter Mitty constantly dreams of himself being the best of anything, whether a brilliant fighter plane pilot, or a skilled surgeon, or a noble martyr.

Mitty cuts him short by boasting that he 'could have killed Gregory Fitzhurst at three hundred feet with left hand.' His defense lawyer argues that Mitty could not have shot the victim because his right arm was injured. Disability Alibi: Subverted in one of Mitty's daydreams, about being a grandiose and heroic person, he finds himself as the defendant in a murder trial.Neither bears much resemblance to the original story in particular, both cinematic Mittys eventually stop daydreaming and start having real-life adventures. The story has inspired two films, one in 1947 starring Danny Kaye and one in 2013 starring Ben Stiller. It recounts a day in the life of a man who daydreams about heroic adventures as he goes about his mundane existence. 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' is a short story by James Thurber, first published in The New Yorker in 1939.

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