“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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Comparative study of Graham Greenes ’ "The Destructors" and Shirley Jackson ’s "The Lottery." Both stories are great work of paralleled irony for different reasons. In "The Destructors‚" life ’s decisions are convoluted in a much different way‚ one may say they are the same as in The Lottery‚ but they are not. In "The Lottery‚" life ’s decisions appear to be easy‚ based totally on traditional and societal norms. Two great works known for irony‚ in one a great author‚ Graham Greene‚ creates a masterpiece
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stories : “The Destructors‚“ by Graham Greene and “The Lottery‚“ by Shirley Jackson. We are going to identify the main characters and point out their qualities‚ emotions‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors. In this way‚ we will compare the two stories based upon their characters. Leading or Following the Group Paper # 1 In a story‚ the main character is usually the one around whom the plot revolves‚ his adventures‚ feelings‚ and motivations. In “The Destructors‚“ by Graham Greene‚ the main character is Trevor
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REVIEW though the flavor of the SEASON is buzzing with Harry Potter Mania‚ still I am glued up reading R.K. Narayan’s First Novel “Swami and friends” (which was published in 1935) so enthusiastically Even my parents were not born at that time‚ but theINNOCENCE that I find in this book makes is itrefreshingly different from what we have nowadays. Yes‚ as I kid I too loved to read about magic‚ mystery‚ adventures‚ and detective stuff. There are plenty of books which can take u totally
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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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Pyle visits Fowler in Phat Diem to tell him that he loves Phuong and that he “wanted to protect her” (Greene 49). This shows the desire of the American perspective‚ that they do not want the Vietnamese to fall into communism. The allegory shows Phuong as Vietnam and Pyle as the US. He wanting to protect Phung symbolizes that the US wanted to protect Vietnam
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Introduction: how to use these Notes The stories: The Son’s Veto Her First Ball The Fly in the Ointment The Destructors A Horse and Two Goats The Rain Horse My Greatest Ambition Sandpiper At Hiruharama Thomas Hardy Katherine Mansfield V.S. Pritchett Graham Greene R.K. Narayan Ted Hughes Morris Lurie Ahdaf Soueif Penelope Fitzgerald 1 Introduction These notes are intended to give some background information on each author and/or story as an aid to further research and to stimulate discussion in the
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My personal understanding of the crucial elements of a Christian philosophy of education starts with love‚ and continues by teaching with grace and truth through both the teacher and the learner. Because human beings are made in the image of God (Graham)‚ we also must be motivated and rejoice in this fact. We must keep in mind that all of our students are perfect in the way in which God has created them. Although‚ this also means each student will have different individual personalities and qualities
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Without trust‚ it is next to impossible to go through life. Graham Green happens to agree with this as she had once said‚ “… it is impossible o go through life without trust…” One can interpret this quote as trust being an essential aspect to life and in order to go through it‚ there must be someone or something a person can put his or her faith in. Two works of literature that reflect this quote are The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Trust sometimes
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of the novel‚ is a beautiful young Vietnamese woman who stays with him for security and protection‚ and leaves him for the same reason. She is viewed by Fowler as a lover to be taken for granted and by Pyle as a delicate flower to be protected‚ but Greene never makes clear which‚ if either‚ of these views is actually the truth. Pyle’s desire for Phuong was
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