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James Thurber was one of the most influential and unforgettable writers of his kind. He made modern-day problems seem preventable in the minds of people, and he tried to make them realize that the problems had to have a source. Thurber wrote of people struggling with day-to-day life that was once trouble-free and drew his ideas of humanity losing the direction it once had in the past. He attributed this change to wandering minds and ignorant actions on man's behalf. James Thurber used his artistic and creative abilities to make a point of human shortcomings through ingenious writings and comical sketches.
James Oliver Thurber, a satirical, Ohio-born writer, was born in Columbus on December 8, 1894. Thurber wrote of himself that he "was born on a night of wild portent and high wind…The house, which is still standing, bears no tablet or plaque of any description, and is never pointed out to visitors" (Barbieri 8:18). The Thurber family was never seen as the typical American family.......

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