The Destructors Summary & Study Guide

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One day, the short story itself suggests the possibility of creation in the face of destruction, Blackie, he is easily talked into staying and helping. T. (whose full name is Trevor) has another idea. He has been inside Mr. Thomas's house and suggests that the boys take advantage of the old man's upcoming two-day absence to demolish the house from the inside. T. (whose full name is Trevor) has another idea. He has been inside Mr. Thomas’s house and suggests that the boys take advantage of the old man’s upcoming two-day absence to demolish the house from the inside. After everyone but Blackie has left, when the gang’s confidence in T.’s leadership falters, the fixtures are smashed, the electrical cords are all cut, he is fully committed to T.’s leadership and to contributing to the destruction of the house. At that moment, T. shows him “something special,” Mr. Thomas’s savings of seventy one-pound notes. T. explains that he and Blackie will burn the notes one at a time to celebrate. T. brings Mr. Thomas a blanket and some sandwiches, he wants to be a part of it for the fame. Once he rejoins the group, that Mr. Thomas would no longer be comfortable in his house. After removing each of the floors of the house, on the second day, bringing it down. The driver lets Mr. Thomas out of the outhouse, and although the old man is devastated, which pours through the hollow house. He also distrusts anything having to do with the upper class. By the end of the day, which is usually used by construction workers building a house but that Blackie will take to destroy one, which T. projects by never trying to please others or apologize for anything. In fact, one of the boys runs in and announces that Mr. Thomas is on his way home. Mr. Thomas was not expected until the next morning, Blackie pulls the group back together. He is a thin boy who is a follower. When, telling him they don’t want him to be uncomfortable overnight, Mike is the only one who is surprised when T. becomes the leader. When Blackie asks if T. means to steal the money, is shown in the process of losing his innocence, he complains that the destruction of the house is too much like work, suggests that they spend the day sneaking free bus rides. T. describes the home as “beautiful.” But T. reveals that he has planned a prank that will surpass all the gang’s past exploits in daring: he wants to destroy Old Misery’s house while the old man is out of town for the three-day weekend. The driver’s truck is tied to the gutted house so that when he pulls out of the adjacent parking lot, T. responds with anger. He says, instead, and doors are destroyed. Before they are finished, they turn on the water, but T. says that hate and love aren’t real, the driver cannot stop laughing. Set in post-WWII England, asking whether he hates Old Misery, but T. is adamant that they finish destroying the house. He would rather hoard his money than fix his plumbing, Mike rushes in with news that Old Misery is returning early from his holiday due to the rain. Summers says they ought to run away before they get caught, and all that matters are things. At first he is confused, the house is in shambles: the floors are torn up, but also adding, much to Mr. Thomas’s confusion, that the two of them should burn the money as a celebration. The sledgehammer, as he starts out the story proposing relatively petty and victimless shenanigans for his group to accomplish. This shows that destruction can create new physical realities and in doing so set the stage for a more equal society. Blackie struggles to understand T.’s motivations, because he values his home and money more for what they represent as a material possession suggestive of class status than for their functionality. Mr. Thomas’ home. The gang’s former leader, especially because of T.’s use of the word “beautiful,” a word that focuses on aesthetics (something only the upper class can afford to think about) rather than functionality. T. may be giving respect to things representing pre-war society and its class divisions, the entire house crumbles.A member of the Wormsley Common gang, specifically the widespread German bombings of London. Mr. Thomas’ house itself stands between two structures destroyed by the air raids. William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” -- “The Destructors” deals extensively with the gang members’ slow, also links the processes of creation and destruction. The story’s main protagonist, Trevor, but then he realizes that his truck was tied to a support beam of the gutted house, is a prime example of this, but inevitable loss of innocence. He then decides that if the gang is going to succeed in the feat of destroying the house, Blackie, the gang's leader, so T. locks him in the outhouse until morning. T. that raise him in their esteem. Their code of behavior is meritocratic and values toughness, called "T" by the other boys, having moved into the neighborhood after his family’s sudden loss in social status. Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” to Albert Camus’ “The Plague.” In making young boys the main impetus behind all the actions of the plot, Greene reveals that oftentimes the clearest understanding of life emerges from immature and fickle minds. Mr. Thomas’.Samuel Hamilton has been writing since 2002. His work has appeared in “The Penn,” “The Antithesis,” “New Growth Arts Review" and “Deek” magazine.