What are the two items his wife wants mitty to buy?
an overcoat and dog food
a shovel and detergent
overshoes and a puppy biscuit
birdseed and an umbrella

The correct answer is: overshoes and a puppy biscuit .

Explanation:

Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a short story by James Thurber (1894 – 1961), published in 1939.

The protagonist of the story is Walter Mitty, who goes with his wife on a daily trip, to do some shopping and leaves his wife at the hair salon. She reminds him to buy overshoes (rubber rain buts) and puppy biscuits.

However, he's daydreaming about different heroic episodes, and because of that, he forgets almost everything, such us, what his wife told him to buy, which biscuit brand he should buy, etc.

the swan might be a metaphor for our soul, which is ancient and timeless. the speaker wants to know where it's going and what it wants, what's the purpose in life. he asks our soul to follow him in knowing that god is us and the answer to the question "who am i" that was written on the wind of god's whim to know himself that blew over his being in the beginning of creation. and to connect to god consciously on the path to knowing him is the joy of loving him, like a bee that will grow and end our sorrows by ending desire. in that connection there is no doubt about god and existing forever.

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself.

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