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Differences Between The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

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In this essay you are going to learn the similarities and the differences between the book and the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. There are many similarities and differences between the movie and the book walter mitty, some are just bigger than others. One similarity of the book and movie of Walter Mitty is that in both Walter daydreams. Walter daydreams to get away from his boring life in both. For an example in the book Walter daydreams about being in the navy but really he is driving his wife to the hairdressers, while in the movie he daydreams daydreams about him and his new boss getting in a huge fist fight but really he was just getting yelled at for having a toy. In each daydream he was getting away from something. The book

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