In Graham Greene’s “The Destructors”, there are certain aspects of setting that are safe to assume and we must have in consideration, such as the fact that the story takes place in the Post-WWII era, in a slum area, during Bank Holidays, and the main objective, Old Misery’s house, stood intact between war rubble (other people’s homes). The intended audience is Post War survivors that lived in the “slums”.
We know this from the the year the story was released (1954) and the year that WWII ended (1945). , and the way that the author is sympathetic towards the people of London. Resentment and sufferance are reflected in the protagonist’s desires, and suspense is impulsed throughout the story, but more so at the time of rising action, when
We know this from the the year the story was released (1954) and the year that WWII ended (1945). , and the way that the author is sympathetic towards the people of London. Resentment and sufferance are reflected in the protagonist’s desires, and suspense is impulsed throughout the story, but more so at the time of rising action, when