of meaning. They use objects‚ actions‚ and characters to give more meaning to the thing itself. In Greene ’s short story "The Destructors"‚ symbols are used. Some of these symbols include Old Misery ’s house‚ which is a symbol for art‚ beauty‚ and upper classes. Moreover‚ it symbolizes the need to destroy something aesthetic when in the atmosphere of war. The Destructors of the house‚ namely the Wormsley Common Gang‚ symbolize the effect of war on younger generations. Lastly‚ the main character
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"Chaos had advanced. The kitchen was a shambles of broken glass and china. The dining-room was stripped of parquet‚ the skirting was up‚ the door had been taken off its hinges‚ and the destroyers had moved up a floor. Streaks of light came in through the closed shutters where they worked with the seriousness of creators - and destruction after all is a form of creation. A kind of imagination had seen this house as it had now become." The Second World War had just finished and the boys were living
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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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In "The Destructors" Graham Greene uses Trevor and other characters as an example to assert that the war and the bombing that injured British cities during the war was causing people surrounded by the destruction to become desensitized. Blackie and the other members of the gang all distrust Old Misery’s exhibitions of generosity and so go along with Trevor’s plan to destroy his house. The local lorry driver finds the ruination of the old house hilarious. Trevor is held up as the story’s most prominent
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In ‘the destructors’‚ how does the author convey a sense of menace and raising tension? The author of the destructors ‘Graham Greene’ uses lots of different techniques to convey a sense of menace and tension during the story. He starts off by introducing the characters‚ and all the characters have nicknames ‘Blacky‚ T’‚ this gives a sense of mystery as we wonder what some of their real names are. The gang clearly has rules and a sense of self restraint and if you break the rules‚ or utter the
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The characters dubbed the “Wormsley Common Gang” in Graham Greenes “The Destructors” are a deeply ambiguous group of kids‚ whose ethics‚ have been marred by post war society. Even the most virtuous of men are susceptible to the bitter ravages brought forth in the community in times of war. Grief shows no distinction in times of blood shed‚ all share in the shame of public and domestic dysfunction. Such is the case of this troubled band of youths. Imagine a community comprised of dilapidated
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the commercial fiction side which the story is more entertaining‚ action-oriented‚ and a satisfying ending‚ while on the last end lies literary fiction where the story is more character-driven‚ complex characters and unresolved conclusion. “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is a short story about completely destroy an unwanted past in order to start a new beginning. A new recruit joins the Wormsley Common Gang named T (Trevor). The gang hangs out in their impromptu meeting site near a parking lot
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the type of fiction and they are literary and commercial fiction. Literary Fiction provides psychological thinking and a general description of the world whereas Commercial Fiction involves entertainment and happy endings. Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” is a short story that shows how internal scars affect the way people develops. The story is dark‚ but in a sad way. A group of kids find something to do since they enjoy committing minor non harmful crimes. The leader of their gang is Blackie
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“The Destructors” Commercial fiction attracts many people because it’s more fantasized than literary fiction‚ which tends to not have much audience and is more about what can really happen with humans and society. “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is a short story about a group of boys in a gang called Wormsley Common Gang and how their latest recruit had a rebellious plan on destroying a house from inside out of an elderly man. This short story fits in the genre of crime and drama because of what
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Steven Dodd Professor Kang English 101 28May2015 Peace Meets Ciaos The short story "The Destructors" by Graham Greene collides with good and evil with the surrounds full of destruction. Many scholars have tried to decipher the mean behind this story and have all agreed that it is the best story that Green has ever written. With the knowing and shocking outcomes readers will ponder the nature of what is read. "Graham Greene portrays a world in transition‚ a society moving away from respect for
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