Read the excerpt from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and answer the question:
"Walter Mitty drove on toward Waterbury in silence, the
roaring of the SN202
through the worst storm in twenty
years of Navy flying fading
in the remote, intimate
airways of his mind. 'You're tensed up again,' said Mrs.
Mitty. 'It's one of your
days. I wish you'd let Dr. Renshaw
look you over!''
"
How does the use of literary device in this excerpt affect the tone of Walter's
daydreams?
The metaphor of "remote, intimate airways" creates a distant and esoteric
(private/interior/exclusive) tone
suggesting his daydreams are very private to
him, even to the point of keeping them
from his wife.
The imagery of a Navy hydroplane flying through the worst storm in twenty
years creates a heroic tone suggesting that
he is a hero in real life as well as his
daydreams.
The irony of driving "in silence" when his mind is so loud with the roar of a plane
and storm creates complacent tone, suggesting
that he is happy to do whatever
his wife wants.