Walter Mitty Book Vs Movie

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Many stories are very different from the movie. Walter Mitty is both a book and a movie, but they are very distinct. They may be distinct, but they got across the same message; the message was, “Don’t give up on your life, take risks, and want more of life.” They could have the same moral, but one got across the message more successfully. The one that got the message over more effectively is the movie. The story and movie were different, but to have the same moral they had similar aspects. To express the moral of the story they had to have the same problem; life is boring and disappointing. They have the same problem because of certain aspects of the story such as having a person to put Walter down or nag him. In the story Walter’s wife

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