- All's Well That Ends Well
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Thus far, Walter has often jumped into fantasy after receiving some real-world stimulus; for example, he began fantasizing about driving a huge plane while he was driving in the car. In this passage, however, the process works in reverse: Walter is in the middle of a fantasy, when he's suddenly reminded of the item he was supposed to buy at the store (puppy biscuits).
The passage uses a familiar comic device, bathos (the sudden shifting of tones--here, the dramatic to the trivial), emphasizing the humor and the way Walter's daydreams aren't quite as divorced from reality as he might like…