The moral values that i have learnt from the short story is we should behave in society, matters of ethics and more broadly (in terms of mores) what is deemed normal or typical. Walter never changes externally because he rarely deviates in his outward behavior of inaction, the antithesis of his action-packed imaginary world. In that sense, the social moral is that Walter should put the same energy he uses to daydream into transforming his social world and his marriage. His wife seems too condescending and Walter seems to come across as a hopeless dreamer. In this story, it is Mrs. Mitty who is the dominant figure (at least externally) and it is Mr. Mitty who retreats into his own mind. This story also comments on the dullness of the middle-class adult. In this case, we sympathize with Mrs. Mitty's frustration but we also understand Walter's need to escape from the dullness of the repetitive, responsible life of an adult.