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some authors have argued that a short story must have a strict form. Somerset Maugham thought that the short story must have a definite design, which includes a point of departure, a climax and a point of test in other words, it must have a plot. Hugh Walpole had a similar view. A story should be a story; a record of things happening full of incidents, swift movements, unexpected development, leading through suspense to a climax and a satisfying denouement.