Essay on Trevor's Actions as a Means of Resolving his Conflicts in the Short Story "The Destructors".

"The Destructors" is a very intriguing short story in which the author, Graham Greene, narrates the plight of an interesting young man living in post-World War II London. Trevor, or "T," as the gang prefers to call him is a unique young man with provoking yet disturbing ideas on life and social stature; moreover, he is the story's protagonist. From the beginning, Graham Greene establishes that Trevor is different than the other boys when the …

…London, and the idea of money not being such an unjust social problem in society. Trevor, and the gang which he uses for his diabolical plan, successfully tear down Old Misery's house from the inside out, which resolves Trevor's conflict of money unjustly and immorally separating society. The bringing down of the house symbolically represents the destruction of class which was what was wrong before the war, to T., and what is still wrong now.