Analysis The Destructer
The Destructor Analysis
The first impression this story (“The Destructor” written by Graham Green) gave to me was this is just a normal story about depictions of childhood life of a group of children, but as I read through it again, I thought it differently. After World War Two, when everything was still bombed out and demolished, this is the time when the story happened. In Britain, a group of teenage boys who call Wormsley Common gang, they meet every day in a parking lot near a part of town that was bombed during World War II. Almost everything in this area is destroyed although one house stands with minimal damage. This house is owned by Mr. Thomas (whom the boys call Old Misery), an old man who lives alone. One day, the gang’s leader, Blackie, suggests that they spend the day to pull down Old Misery’s house. There are lots of symbols in this story; one of them is “Old Misery,” this word references to the lonely, miserable life. That’s exactly what Mr. Thomas’s life looks like. “T,” What the other boys called Trevor, which represents “Trouble.” What could Old Misery’s house symbolize? It’s the only house stands the most intact around the area. This could be represents the beauty of arts. At the end of the story, Mr. Thomas was lock in a small room, this room is also represents his life is full of the loneliness.
Graham Green used several ironies in this story, like the boy named Mike went to destroy Mr. Thomas’s house directly after coming back from the Church. I found the most ironic thing is Old Misery, Mr. Thomas, the old lonely man said to the kids he doesn’t mind they played near his house and gave them snacks to eat, even invited and showed the kids his house inside, it is such a man, ended up being locked in the toilet outside of his house overnight, and found his house was destructed by the children after he came out next morning. It’s really sad and not everyone could accepted that. In summary, the theme of “The Destructors” deals
The first impression this story (“The Destructor” written by Graham Green) gave to me was this is just a normal story about depictions of childhood life of a group of children, but as I read through it again, I thought it differently. After World War Two, when everything was still bombed out and demolished, this is the time when the story happened. In Britain, a group of teenage boys who call Wormsley Common gang, they meet every day in a parking lot near a part of town that was bombed during World War II. Almost everything in this area is destroyed although one house stands with minimal damage. This house is owned by Mr. Thomas (whom the boys call Old Misery), an old man who lives alone. One day, the gang’s leader, Blackie, suggests that they spend the day to pull down Old Misery’s house. There are lots of symbols in this story; one of them is “Old Misery,” this word references to the lonely, miserable life. That’s exactly what Mr. Thomas’s life looks like. “T,” What the other boys called Trevor, which represents “Trouble.” What could Old Misery’s house symbolize? It’s the only house stands the most intact around the area. This could be represents the beauty of arts. At the end of the story, Mr. Thomas was lock in a small room, this room is also represents his life is full of the loneliness.
Graham Green used several ironies in this story, like the boy named Mike went to destroy Mr. Thomas’s house directly after coming back from the Church. I found the most ironic thing is Old Misery, Mr. Thomas, the old lonely man said to the kids he doesn’t mind they played near his house and gave them snacks to eat, even invited and showed the kids his house inside, it is such a man, ended up being locked in the toilet outside of his house overnight, and found his house was destructed by the children after he came out next morning. It’s really sad and not everyone could accepted that. In summary, the theme of “The Destructors” deals