Short stories are a very common form of literature used throughout the ages, but it can be done very well or very poorly. Some short stories are world renowned, and have remained popular through dozens of years, and others become lost in a sea of new and innovative literature. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber is one of the short stories that has and will remain popular through the years because it has a great hook, amazing imagery, and it is a very original idea.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has an amazing hook, which is one of the major reasons it will remain popular throughout the years, as it already has. The story starts off in an intense scene where Captain Mitty has to save him and his crew from a massive hurricane by pulling off some extremely risky, and complicated maneuvers. “‘We can’t make it, sir. It’s spoiling for a hurricane, if you ask me’” it reads. …show more content…
James Thurber really came up with a very original, unique idea for his story. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a story about Walter, an average guy who has constantly gets sucked into fantasies throughout his day, where he goes from being a captain of a boat, saying things such as “‘Full strength on No. 3 Turret!’ the crew, bending to their various tasks in the huge, hurtling eight-engined Navy hydroplane”, to being a brave soldier in war “‘I’ll fly alone.’ ‘But you can’t sir… It takes two men to handle that bomber and the archies are pounding the hell out of the air’”, to being a criminal in court “‘I could have killed Gregory Fitzhurst at three hundred feet with my left hand’ Pandemonium broke loose in the courtroom”. A story like this has never been written before this, and never quite so successfully. Originality is extremely important to a good book. Without it the readers get bored, and lose interest because it has all been said and done
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has an amazing hook, which is one of the major reasons it will remain popular throughout the years, as it already has. The story starts off in an intense scene where Captain Mitty has to save him and his crew from a massive hurricane by pulling off some extremely risky, and complicated maneuvers. “‘We can’t make it, sir. It’s spoiling for a hurricane, if you ask me’” it reads. …show more content…
James Thurber really came up with a very original, unique idea for his story. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a story about Walter, an average guy who has constantly gets sucked into fantasies throughout his day, where he goes from being a captain of a boat, saying things such as “‘Full strength on No. 3 Turret!’ the crew, bending to their various tasks in the huge, hurtling eight-engined Navy hydroplane”, to being a brave soldier in war “‘I’ll fly alone.’ ‘But you can’t sir… It takes two men to handle that bomber and the archies are pounding the hell out of the air’”, to being a criminal in court “‘I could have killed Gregory Fitzhurst at three hundred feet with my left hand’ Pandemonium broke loose in the courtroom”. A story like this has never been written before this, and never quite so successfully. Originality is extremely important to a good book. Without it the readers get bored, and lose interest because it has all been said and done