Graham Greene chose the name "The Destructors" instead of the "The Destroyers" for the title of his short story because the Wormsley Common gang works at destroying as if it were an act of constructing. "The Destructors" is a combination of the words "destroy" and "construct." To take apart an architecturally interesting house that has been partially destroyed by a bomb, they bring tools, including nails, hammer, a screwdriver, chisels, and a...
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