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Walter Mitty Book And Movie Similarities

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Additionally, the differences and similarities are also about in the characters. Obviously, Walter Mitty is the main character in both the movie and short story. The short story has him seeming to be much older than he is in the movie. Walter was taken throughout different daydreams in the motion picture and story. He was going through a normal day , in the short story and movie , and experienced things like being in front of a firing squad , pretending to be Sean O'Connell and talking to Cheryl , being an expert surge working on VIPs , and etc. There clear differences between them. The movie has Walter having a crush on his co-worker, her name is Cheryl , while the story shows him as he's a married man. Another thing, is that

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