Which quote below has a similar purpose ? A('' But here we are once again faced with confusion between fear and anxiety''.
B( ''Although you may intellectually know that you are safe, your brain automatically prepares you for the worst to happen''.
C( ''From an evolutionary perspective, the emotion of fear protected humans from predators and other threats to the survival of the species''.
D('' Fear is generally considered is a reaction to something immediate that threatens your security or safety, such as being startled by someone suddenly jumping out at you from behind a bush''.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

the main character of "the secret life of walter mitty" retreats into a false pretense as a means escape from his mundane reality -- this is a flagrant issue seen in societies abroad, typically found in young adults and it is robbing our youths of their childhood.

explanation:

a thesis -- a well developed, formal thesis is required to be one sentence long. there are many themes in "the secret life of walter mitty" and i had resolved to give you one of the simpler ones while still honing it with class.