Friday, July 30, 2010

What is the exposition of "The Destructors" by Graham Greene?

Theof a
short story often includes the setting, backgrounds of the characters, and a reference to any
events that took place prior to the beginning of the story.


  • The setting of the story is the eve of the August bank
    holiday in England, sometime after WWII, likely the late 1940's or early 1950's. The characters
    live in a working-class neighborhood called Wormsley.

  • The backgrounds of the characters  is that they are all
    young males in a group that calls itself the Wormsley Common gang.  The latest recruit is
    Trevor, who goes by the nickname "T"; he has been raised in a higher class than the
    other boys, but his family has recently fallen in society due to his father's comedown from
    architect to clerk.  T challenges Blackie to become the...

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