What is the difference between being delayed vs. being tardy?

As adjectives the difference between tardy and late

is that tardy is late; overdue or delayed while late is near the end of a period of time.

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.

noun : part of speech

verb : variation