Fantasy

Fantasy came up in lecture on Monday and I just wanted to talk a little bit about this. Mr. Sexson talked about the Wizard of Oz and how all of the characters in Oz were actually the people that were the farm hands working on the farm back in Kansas. This made me think of all of the other fantasy stories and movies that I have read or watched. Thinking back on most of them I have realized that they are based on reality. Just like our dreams are usually based loosly on something that is going on in our lives. An example of this other than the Wizard of Oz, is the story of Cinderella. In the story she is living with such a desperate need to fit in and be loved that she has a fairy Godmother and has all of these elaborate things done for her. This fantasy gives all of the people living lives just as Cinderella does in the story a sense of relief that their lives will get better and somthing great will come to them. Really all of real life is one big fantasy, by saying this I mean that everyone really is not happy with where they are in their lives at this very moment. There is always something more, or something better that you fantasize about.