... and characters to give more meaning to the thing itself. In Greene's short essay "The Destructors", there are uses of symbol. These examples include, Old Misery's house is a symbol for art, beauty, and upper classes moreover, It symbolizes the need to destroy something aesthetic when in the atmosphere of war. The ... the land. But through all the destruction due to the war, there still managed to stand a beautiful lavish house, that of which belonged to Old Misery. This house was built by a famous architect, Christopher Wren, who Trevor Knew was famous for working for the wealthy upper c...

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... group voted to try to pull off the destruction. Certain people of the gang were given strict directions on what type of tools to bring. The next day, when "Old Misery" had left for the Bank Holiday weekend the gang got started. Tearing the house apart from the inside, thus the name "Worm"sley Common Gang, the group had almost succeeded ... in the destruction when a message came that Old Misery was on his way home. With quick thinking from Blackie Old Misery is locked in his loo, and the destruction continued. In the morning of the next day, a man came to get his car from the ... , when ...

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... help himself. In "The Destructors", the main theme deals with a street gang who has to complete its goal of destroying the home of Mr. Thomas, who is often called "Old Misery". In the "Rocking-Horse Winner", the theme centers on a young boy, Paul, who is obsessed with horseracing. Initially both stories seem to have no relationship in their plot or story ... line, but there are places where they are similar and other places where they are dissimilar. For example, both stories occur in post war England. Old Misery's fine home in "The Destructors" represents luck and wealth. The home surv...

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... development of what might be viewed as bleak, depressing and hopeless material and how that is effective. All of the three adjectives can be associated with the same image of misery, sadness and desperation which as readers can link to some of the scenes or characters in the novel. The use of the setting allows to create narrative interest to present ... Pinkie hurting her and believes everything he tells her makes the reader feel sorry for her as we know her love to Pinkie will only make her life full of misery, sadness and tragic. Greene uses the method juxtaposition between the chara...

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... ". Because of this, the house had gone through a lot- while everything surrounding the house was destroyed, the house survived. The gang did admire the house. For example, when T. visited old misery's house, he did not break in, but he rang the doorbell in which he was given a tour to see the inside beauty of the house. From this tour T. made his ... ...

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