In “The Destructors” which is written by Graham Green‚ the author tells a story that is based on the blitz in London during WWII. The story is about a gang destroy a house. In the story‚ the worms in the apple are metaphors of Trevor in his life‚ because the emotionally disturbed mind in Trevor had eaten him up‚ and the fallen family of Trevor decayed him inside. The worms in the apple is a metaphor of Trevor’s disordered motion. In the story‚ Trevor is a kid from upper class family in London
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THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel
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Graham Greene‚ the author of The Third Man‚ wrote the screenplay for his film before adapting it into the novella of the same name. Because of this rather peculiar order‚ the similarities between the two are very strong‚ something that is not always the case with books and their film adaptations. Though there a few stylistic differences between the novella and the film‚ the two mediums of storytelling both remain quite true to the central storyline. The noir genre was an essential piece to the story
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Harmony Graham Brandon Ridgeway ENG 121 9 September 2014 Natural Selection by Charles Darwin Understanding Natural Selection stresses the theory that a genus’s environment determines the likelihood of survival. Charles Darwin explains the importance of natural selection and sexual selection. Natural selection affects a given organism in its specific environment and how they adapt. Sexual selection focuses on a male and female relationship. Throughout the passage‚ Darwin gives various examples
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In the short story the destructors by Graham Greene‚ the boys of the London Wormsley gang are the protagonists of the story. In the aftermaths of WW2 London the boys mimic the world around them and come up with a grand scheme to destruct an old house that was spared from the bombings and plan to disassemble it from the inside out “ [the police] would never know…We’d be like worms‚ don’t you see‚ in an apple. When we came out again there’d be nothing there‚ no staircase‚ no planes‚ nothing but just
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The Destructors The Destructors‚ authored by Graham Greene‚ conveys the idea that people have the instinctive ability to destroy‚ and make a guilt choice‚ between what they believe in what is right from wrong. The Destructors is to show how clear the characters and their actions are projected and guided by the subtle message of irony. The central theme of this short story is of a group of teenagers who call themselves the ‘Wormsley Common Gang’. The gang of misfits live by their own rules
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“The media ’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent‚ and that ’s power‚ because they control the minds of the masses.” – Graham Greene‚ English Writer. I agree with the statement that media can control our minds of the masses. We cannot deny that the media have their power to control some part of us in a certain way. Media can be seen all around us for example we can see from newspaper‚ television news‚ the
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Some books are to be tasted‚ others to be swallowed‚ and some few to be chewed and digested: that is‚ some books are to be read only in parts‚ others to be read‚ but not curiously‚ and some few to be read wholly‚ and with diligence and attention. ~ Sir Francis Bacon A LIST OF FAMOUS SHORT STORIES Famous short story writers are Edgar Allan Poe‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ Anton Chekov and O Henry. Some of these authors have gained much fame and recognition in the literary world entirely through
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County. More than a dozen novels and many short stories that followed were set in Malgudi. Narayan’s second novel‚ Bachelor of Arts (1939)‚ marked the beginning of his reputation in England‚ where the novelist Graham Greene was largely responsible for getting it published. Greene has called Narayan "the novelist I most admire in the English language." His fourth novel‚ The English Teacher‚ published in 1945‚ was partly autobiographical‚ concerning a teacher’s struggle to cope with the death
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Victorino Mapa High School Quiapo‚ Manila The Quiet American By: Graham Greene Danielle May P. Basilio IV-4 Mrs.Ballinan I. About the Author Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berhamsted School‚ where his father was the headmaster. On coming down from Balliol College‚ Oxford‚ where he published the book of verse‚ he worked for 4 years as a sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel‚ Stamboul Train‚ which he classed as an ‘entertainment’
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