What is the major theme for the short story the destructors. Graham greene was born on june 22, 1952 in six nations reserve, ontario, canada. The destructors by graham greene by shane bell on prezi. Twentyone stories graham greene read online free books. Shades of greene the destructors tv episode 1975 imdb. It was on the eve of august bank holiday that the latest recruit became the leader of the wormsley common gang. What is a summary for the story the destructors by graham greene. He is known for his work on the green mile 1999, wind river 2017 and dances with wolves 1990. Fonts the destructors by graham greene by george bross and shane bell the blitzkrieg historical analysis the blitzkrieg blitzkrieg. Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to epub, ereader, html, ibook, mobipocket, and pdf. The destructors is a story about a gang of teenage boys in postworld war ii london when they decide to destroy a house. Graham greene 19041991 was born in berkhamsted, england, the son of a school headmaster and part of the family that also owned the greene king brewery empire. 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.
Why and how the lightning war the blitzkrieg tactic was a sudden and overwhelming attack it involved the luftwaffe bombing civilian cities in. The story begins by introducing us to the wormsley common gang, a group of boys ranging from nine to fifteen years of age, who live in a tough area of london and spend their summer holiday pulling pranks. Graham greene s most popular book is the end of the affair. Quickly discovering his love for the written word, he found work as a critic, reporte. The destructors summary from litcharts the creators of. No one was surprised except mike, but mike at the age of nine was surprised by everything. He established his reputation with his fourth novel, stamboul train.
Graham greene has 330 books on goodreads with 575119 ratings. On coming down from balliol college, oxford, he worked for four years as subeditor on the times. In 1935 he made a journey across liberia, described in journey without maps. The destructors by graham greene english comp ii 2014. I read this basically because of the allusion in donnie darko. The destructors is a short story by graham greene about a gang of youths who destroy an old man aka old miserys old house inside out destroy everything inside first and the difficulties they had when the old man came back but they lock him. In the meantime boys take over the house and set about destroying everything in an. The destructors explores the world of a group of young adolescent and preadolescent boys. Books by graham greene author of the end of the affair. Mikes character reminds us that the boys in the gang are trying to discard childish innocence in favor of a bold, independent code of behavior respected by their peers but that they still are children.