Essay Comparing The Destructors And The Rocking Horse Winner

“The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence’s are very different stories, but both stories has similarities towards each other. They were both written by a British author, and they were written after the World Wars. In “The Destructors” Mr. Thomas was an architect with the only standing house in their town. Suddenly when the house starts to fall apart, Trevor and the gang put all their focus on the destruction of the house and it becoming a challenge for them. The boy in “The Rocking Horse Winner” Paul, his mother and uncle are always in trouble over poverty. Pauls’ mother think that he is lucky, and she believes luck is money. With the pressure on Paul he starts to hear whispering in the house saying repeating “there must be more money, there must be more money” over and over again. It appears that both houses in the stories are symbolic in each story. …show more content…
The two main characters in “The Destructors” were Trevor or better known as “T”, and Mr. Thomas also known as Old Misery. Trevor or T became the leader of the gang. Old Misery lived in an old house, the only building that was pretty much still standing that started falling apart. Paul is one of the main characters Lawrence developed, some other characters were his mother, his uncle, and the gardener. “The Rocking Horse Winner” characters are very more rounded then “The Destructors” characters. Paul’s mother think luck means money and that Paul will become lucky one day. Paul feels that his mother do not love him from the inside just from the outside because she feels that he is so lucky he will get more money. Paul believes he can please his mother by getting more money and in her eyes be