The Destructors

Kids get money from their parents and have no idea where it comes from. To them, money is infinite. Everyone has been a kid at one point or another and have asked the question: Why don’t you just swipe your card, you’re not paying money? In The Destructors, there is a scene that stood out to this principle. While dismantling the house T finds a bunch of British pounds and instead of keeping them, he burns them. At first glance, it seems crazy for the boys not to take the money. The setting of the

The Destructors is a 1994 short story set in post-world war II London. The passage focuses on the Wormsley gang, a group of teenage boys who spend their days commiting harmless crimes. As everything has been destroyed through the bombings in world war II , only one house stands with minimal damage. This house is owned by Mr. Thomas, also known as "old misery" by the wormsley gang. During the course of the passage the wormasley gang decides to break into Mr. Thomas's house and destroy it from the

Thesis In Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”, and Graham Greene’s “The Destructors”, the author creates a story filled with symbolism, irony, grim reality, and a ritualized tradition that masks evil, which ultimately showcases how people blindly follow tradition. Outline I. Introduction II. Setting B. Time Period III. Plot A. What messages are seen in

Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” delves into a post-war world where societal hierarchies have been disrupted. A gang of boys take it upon themselves to destroy “Old Misery’s” (or Mr. Thomas’) house while the man is away for three days, in order to reestablish the gang’s reputation in London (Greene 5). The leader of the gang, Trevor, comes up with an on-the-fly diversion when Old Misery returns earlier than expected (12). Old Misery was tricked into a lavatory by Trevor, and he ends up spending

is common in the twentieth century British writing due to the high rates of colonization that was taking place throughout the world during this time period. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, “Shooting an Elephant”, by George Orwell, and “The Destructors”, by Graham Greene, all contain the tenant of inherent

When authors design a story they decide whether the characters will be direct or indirect. In the story “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, one character that is displayed as indirect would be Trevor, better known as T. Within the story the only direct representation of him is when the other characters give a direct description of him being silent, however, the rest of the descriptions about T’s character are given indirectly and are implied. It’s implied that T’s background is that of a wealthy

William Shakespeare and Graham Greene both present characters as being both heroes and villains in the tale of the tragedy of Macbeth and the short novel of The Destructors. Greene portrays ordinary people who have both the capacity of good and evil. Macbeth is different as we have the character of Macbeth who doesn’t have a clear cut good or evil, as throughout the novel his character slowly decays into a villain from being our protagonist. In Macbeth, the first time being switched from the shadowy

“The Destructors Paper” I brought in a hammer because it is used to destroy and create. It relates to this short story because in “The Destructors”, by Graham Greene, the characters have grown up in the streets of the inner city, in London, after the World War Two. The gang members grew up during the changing of the social order. This is also the time period where social, economics and class systems all depend on your ranks of others. If you didn't have very much you were seen as destructive and

In both stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the authors relate to every day, real life situations that we think we can't deal with. We have to remind ourselves that this walk in life will not always be easy, but going through situations, some good and not so good, with a positive attitude allows us to finish as true champions. In the two short stories, the setting of the story plays a vital role by acting as the foundation. In fact, the setting

Agamvir Anand Professor Tyler Evans English 101 September 3rd 2015 Greed and Pride: The Biggest Destructors In the text “The Necklace” Guy de Maupassant illustrates the destructive capacity of greed through Mathilde Loisel, a beautiful and charming lady born in a family of low economic status. She dreams of big and beautiful things far beyond her reach. She is married to a clerk who works in the Ministry of Education and cannot fulfill all her wants. She doesn’t like to visit her friends because