within the gang, what we may see as beautiful may seem unappealing to others. The gang gets together and T tells them how he went and visited Old Misery’s house, there thoughts tread quickly to the thought of him stealing any of his belongings but all T did was rang the doorbell and ask if he could come in to see his house. On page 161, “It’s a beautiful house,” T says and he does’t make eye contact while saying it. Blackie cannot believe his ears and he doesn’t understand why T would say the word
a form of creation” (Greene 165). He shows this through Trevor, the Wormsley Common Gang and the destruction of Old Misery’s house. As the story is set in post-World War II Britain, the blitz not only destroyed Trevor’s home, but his social status as well. As a result, Trevor develops a new identity; he joins a gang and is now goes by the name “T.”. When T. says, “It’s a beautiful house” (Greene 161), his choice of words shows the higher social status he once had before the war. Furthermore, the change
My old English teacher, Mrs. Horne, was a very clever person. I had no other teacher like her. On the second week of school I saw something bizarre with her appearance! When she was lecturing in class one day I looked up and one of her eye balls was looking straight at me and the other one right at the book that we were discussing in class. It would leave me with goosebumps everywhere on my arms. Also I would sometimes catch her talking to herself alone! Whenever I catch her talking to herself
Protagonist - Trevor or “T.” is the protagonist because the story follows Trevor. He first gains the power of the gang, then constructs the plan to demolish the house. He has the dream to destroy the house. Antagonist - Old Misery is the antagonist because he is the one who puts up any roadblocks for Trevor. After what seemed like a fool-proof plan, Old Misery came home early and caused problems for Trevor. The boys called him by his whole name, which could have caused Trevor to lose his power over the group
Picture your neighborhood now picture your neighborhood completely destroyed with just 1 house standing. In “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, Trevor (“T”) actions are justified of destroying Mr. Thomas’s “Old Misery” house based on the reader's perspective. Based on the reader's perspective T actions were justified because destruction is all they know and T doesn't have anything against Mr. Thomas he doesn't hate him. After the blitz all that everyone knows is destruction and that's also what
Parliament House By Tyson, Andy Le, Sebastian T, Daniel St On the first of January, 1901, Australia became a federation. Australia had needed a place for all its parliamentary business. On the ninth of May, 1901, the federal parliament had held its first parliamentary meeting. This was used as the substitute meeting place until, the now called parliament house, was built. Melbourne was used as the place for all the federal meetings for roughly 27 year, from 1901 to 1927. They would meet in the Victorian
Savannah is a 17 year old girl that lives on a farm in Aylett, Virginia with her 38 year old father named Robert. On the summer of 1968 Savannah was outside in the pasture of her farm near the cows and pigs. She was doing her chores, by feeding them and giving them water. In the meantime she noticed an old, seemingly abandoned house. After she fed the animals she head back inside for supper. That night Savannah tosses and turns thinking whether or not to go to that house. She fights with herself
believed in witchcraft, ghosts and demons. The location of the action is of great importance in the gothic novel because it creates an atmosphere and feeling to the story. 'The Judges House' is located in the dining room of an old, quiet and isolated house. An old, rambling, heavy built house, this creates a scary atmosphere thus matching the typical setting of a gothic horror story. It goes on to describe the dining room as a, room in darkness, this also creates a scary
he was out to save someone and if they wanted to come they had to be quiet. They agreed that they would. When they got to the gingerbread house Charlie ran to the house and took a huge bite of the house. It made a loud crunch noise. Pink and Blue yelled in Charlie´s face that he was a hypocrite. Then Charlie went inside to save the children. He ran at the old woman but then she started singing. After she was done singing she blew up just like everyone else who sang to him. Charlie sent the kids back
There is an old house down the road from where I live, people tell spooky stories about it all the time. But no one has ever been dumb enough to actually go to the house and confirm the stories and I don't blame them. The house is estimated to be about 150 years old or that's at least what everybody says so who knows it may be even older than that. During all these stories being told mostly every time an old man of some sorts mostly called crazy and a maniac is mentioned. The old man supposedly louers