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The gang's delinquency is caused in part from growing up in post-World...

The gang's delinquency is caused in part from growing up in post-World War II London, which was destroyed in the Blitz, and from their anger at the class system. They react to the name Trevor with...

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Greene builds suspense by keeping Trevor's (or T's) plan a secret from...

Greene builds suspense by keeping Trevor's (or T's) plan a secret from the reader until the middle of the story. T. is a man of few words; as Greene writes, his "words were almost confined to voting...

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One motive that you can eliminate is theft. When T. speaks to Mr....

One motive that you can eliminate is theft. When T. speaks to Mr. Thomas, T. rings the doorbell instead of breaking into Mr. Thomas's house, and T. doesn't pinch, or steal, anything. Instead, T. simply...

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Graham Greene's short story is a metaphor for the class struggles in...

Graham Greene's short story is a metaphor for the class struggles in Great Britain following WWII. Old Misery's marvelous home represents the last vestiges of upper-class English society while the...

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The two opportunistic acts of the Wormsley Common Gang are reflective of...

The two opportunistic acts of the Wormsley Common Gang are reflective of disrespect for the law as well as youthful post-war behavior that reflects their nihilism and loss of innocence. In the war-torn...

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T. becomes leader when he suggests destroying Old Misery’s house and...

T. becomes leader when he suggests destroying Old Misery’s house and the group votes to do it. The story takes place after World War II, where a group of misfit teenagers meet in a carpark to make...

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In "The Destructors" by Graham Greene, how does Mr. Thomas's house...

In "The Destructors" by Graham Greene, how does Mr. Thomas's house reflect the character of the postwar era?

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Mr. Thomas's house in "The Destructors" reflects the character of the...

Mr. Thomas's house in "The Destructors" reflects the character of the postwar era in Britain (after World War II) because the house has been shattered by a bomb during the air raids carried out by the...

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Why did Graham Greene choose the name "The Destructors" rather than "The...

Why did Graham Greene choose the name "The Destructors" rather than "The Destroyers"?

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Graham Greene chose the name "The Destructors" instead of the "The...

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...

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What is the conclusion of "The Destructors" by Graham Greene?

What is the conclusion of "The Destructors" by Graham Greene?

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How does the Wormsley Common Gang represent humanity in Graham Greene's...

How does the Wormsley Common Gang represent humanity in Graham Greene's story "The Destructors"?

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In a sense, the Wormsley Common Gang represents the post-World War II...

In a sense, the Wormsley Common Gang represents the post-World War II generation in which nihilism prevails. For there is nothing in the boys that approves of the old social order represented by Old...

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One of the conflicts in "The Destructors" is about who will lead the...

One of the conflicts in "The Destructors" is about who will lead the Wormsley Common gang. To date, Blackie has run the gang, and he has devoted his gang to activities such as getting free rides on...

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The suspense in "The Destructors" comes from the difficulty of the task...

The suspense in "The Destructors" comes from the difficulty of the task that Trevor has proposed for the gang and the harried and nearly impossible conditions under which they must complete this task...

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The gang's delinquency is caused in part from growing up in post-World...

The gang's delinquency is caused in part from growing up in post-World War II London, which was destroyed in the Blitz, and from their anger at the class system. They react to the name Trevor with...

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Greene builds suspense by keeping Trevor's (or T's) plan a secret from...

Greene builds suspense by keeping Trevor's (or T's) plan a secret from the reader until the middle of the story. T. is a man of few words; as Greene writes, his "words were almost confined to voting...

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One motive that you can eliminate is theft. When T. speaks to Mr....

One motive that you can eliminate is theft. When T. speaks to Mr. Thomas, T. rings the doorbell instead of breaking into Mr. Thomas's house, and T. doesn't pinch, or steal, anything. Instead, T. simply...

View Article

Graham Greene's short story is a metaphor for the class struggles in...

Graham Greene's short story is a metaphor for the class struggles in Great Britain following WWII. Old Misery's marvelous home represents the last vestiges of upper-class English society while the...

View Article

The two opportunistic acts of the Wormsley Common Gang are reflective of...

The two opportunistic acts of the Wormsley Common Gang are reflective of disrespect for the law as well as youthful post-war behavior that reflects their nihilism and loss of innocence. In the war-torn...

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