The Destructors By Graham Greene — Review

The short story “The Destructors” by Graham Greene might give rise to many negative emotions. The author put a rhetorical question to his readers and himself: what is the purpose of destroying? Some would say that destruction is a form of creation, which also requires imagination, planning, hard work and clear organization.

There are many details included in the narration which can be taken into account for analyzing the plot: 

- there was only one house which was not ruined during the war, “a smaller bomb and some incendiaries had fallen beyond so that the house stuck up like a jagged tooth and carried on the further wall relics of its neighbor”

- the main character was a son of a former architect and he understood the beauty of the house;

-  nobody had a feeling of hatred against a person who consequently suffered.

After the reading, we can look at these circumstances and maybe find more information for analyzing this story.



Here is the link to the text of the story:

https://100mudcats.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/destructors.pdf