James Thurber “Thurberisms”. December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961.
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Transcript of James Thurber “Thurberisms”. December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961.
James Thurber
“Thurberisms”
December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961
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.”
Vocabulary for“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”By James Thurber
1.coreopsis (271)
Daisy-like flowers
2. disdainful (271)
expressing disgust
3. satire (271)
a literary work that ridicules or pokes fun at a situation
4. relished (271)
enjoyed; ;to enjoy or to please
5. inconsistency (271)
not staying the same
6. buffeted (271)
beaten back
7.rakishly (272)
having a trim neat appearance
8.grossly (273)
very wrong; immediately obvious
9.lurched (273)
to suddenly roll, pitch, or sway to one side
10. tertiary (273)
a third time
11. craven (274)
cowardly, afraid
12. grave (274)
requiring serious thought
13.bicarbonate (275)
an acid salt of carbonic acid used to settle upset stomachs; an antacid, like “Alka-seltzer”
14. pandemonium (275)
wild disorder, noise or confusion
15. bedlam (275)
any noisy, confused place or situation; noise and confusion; uproar
16. cur (275)
a person who is mean, contemptible or worthless, cowardly
17. cannonading (276)
a continuous firing of artillery
18. barrage (276)
a curtain of artillery fire laid down to keep enemy forces from moving
19. derisive (277)
ridiculing, making fun of
20. inscrutable (277)
mysterious; that which cannot be understood
Extra Credit: Ellipsis
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