Fantasies are what people experience every day. People like to get away from reality and immerse themselves in a world of their own, with no limits on where they can go. People get so wrapped up in their fantasies that it can sometimes help them gain confidence or even make them lose track of what they were supposed to do or what time. Fantasies become a love-hate relationship because at one point you're in love with the fact that you're doing something out of character and for your own pleasure, but it's a hate relationship because you know that this probably won't be the case. arrive or end soon enough. The short story is written by James Thurber. Mitty and his wife are on their way to run some errands, he indulges in a daydream in which he is a military commander piloting a plane, but his wife interrupts him by exclaiming that he is driving too fast. This pattern repeats itself several times throughout the journey. When she encourages him to make an appointment with his doctor, he becomes a surgeon on the job, until a parking attendant's orders momentarily jolt him back to reality. In reality, Mitty doesn't do anything very well. In reality, very little happens in Thurber's short story. Mrs. Mitty has an appointment with a hairdresser; Mitty himself buys a pair of shoe covers. While trying to remember what his wife asked him to buy, he becomes an arrogant defendant in a murder case. He manages to buy some dog food, sinks into a chair in a convenient hotel lobby, and imagines himself a bomber pilot under fierce attack. His returning wife wakes him up, telling him she will take his temperature when they get home. At the end of the story, Mrs. Mitty enters a drug store and he becomes a "proud and...... middle of paper...... generation to understand and who brought a complete lack of respect to James Thurber because it had virtually no similarity with his book. The short story ended with Walter getting his wife back and carrying out the tasks she asked of him while still being him and nothing more. The movie ended with Walter filling out the last photo found in the wallet that Sean O'Connell sent him at the lab, then he gave it to his boss and told him to print it and he never looked at the photo. printed. One thing that should have been done differently is making the movie match the book. In describing the book, what should have been done is to extend the driving experience and extend one's experiences in the city. The movie should have stayed somewhat coordinated with the book so people could actually compare the book and movie in more ways..