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One would come to the conclusion that "On the Value of Fantasies" by Elizabeth Brewster sends a message that fantasies should be kept realistic, even though one may want to still dream of extravagence. The children within the poem have fantasies along the line of "[going] to college" or "[marrying] a lawyer", essentially living "happily ever after." (Brewster) Yet, the woman in the poem likes to play a game with them, giving them the idea of being "deserted at thirty-five" or "never [marrying] at all," (Brewster) providing the grim, yet more probable fanstasy. However, the woman doesn't fully believe in what she is indirectly telling the children. She "still [hopes] that [she] may yet meet that handsome stranger," but her true reasons for this is "for all the good it will do [her] to admit" it, "statistics are against it." (Brewster) One would personally find the woman's reasoning to be some what accurate, but having a negative outlook on life "may make it happen," (Brewster) and what good would that do. If one was to focus on what the "statistics" (Brewster) of what may or may not be, then what would be the point of the human imagination. Therefore one would agree that what the poem is saying is true, yet, would not agree with the message it is portraying. Even though extravagent fantasies are important, one should fantasize more realistically, according to "On the value of fantasies" by Elizabeth Brewster.