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a novel · · 40 pages

The Destructors

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The Destructors is a 1954 short story about teenagers who destroy a house, written by Graham Greene. The story is ironic- showing how destruction is allegedly a form of creation. The story is set in the mid-1950s, and is about …

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The Destructors is a 1954 short story about teenagers who destroy a house, written by Graham Greene. The story is ironic- showing how destruction is allegedly a form of creation. The story is set in the mid-1950s, and is about a boys' gang named the "Wormsley Common Gang", after the place where they live. Trevor, or "T.", the protagonist, devises a plan to destroy a two hundred-year-old house that survived The Blitz. Under T., their new leader, the gang accepts the plan and executes it when the

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"The Destructors is a 1954 short story about teenagers who destroy a house, written by Graham Greene. The story is ironic- showing how destruction is allegedly a form of creation. …"

— Margaret

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