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dick prosserIn The Destructors the Wormsley Common Gang lashes out in a terrible manner. The gang starts off as a few young boys looking for ways to occupy themselves. At first the activities that they part in are illegal, but not hateful or mean spirited. The boys would do meaningless things like steal bus rides and calculate who stole the most at the end of the day. When T. comes into the picture things start to change. T. takes control of the gang from Blackie. The gang members follow and listen to T. and accept him as leader. Once T. is in control the plans for daily activities become quite serious. The plan T. comes up with is to destroy Old Misery's house. The boys collect tools for their job and the first night Old Misery is away; the destruction begins. Methodically, the house is ripped apart bathtubs and sinks are smashed, wires a torn from the walls, all the glass and china is busted, and the only things untouched are the outer walls. " Blackie realized these were no longer the happy careless days under his leadership." (Greene 54)Finally the house is nearly destroyed inside. The word of Old Misery's return spreads quickly and the boys end up trapping the man in his own outhouse. The gang finishes their work inside the house, t . . .
Dick Procure was also from a poor lower class i. Dick knows all about football and always helps the kids around him, giving them pointers on the game. The destruction they create mirrors and is a direct result of what surrounds them. Dick is an ex-soldier and now lives with the Shepperton family. It just shows how hell bent on destroying things these kids are. The Wormsley Common Gang must live on with the memory of what they did to this old helpless man who couldn't defend himself. When Pansy's husband came home all hell broke loose. Both Dick and the gang were feeling betrayed by society and lashed out in horrible ways. Finally Dick is mobbed and shot over 200 times. The society around them is falling apart or so it seems to the gang. War, poverty, and rejection of society influences the boys. Dick is a very intelligent person, " He cooked, tended furnace, and he even drove. Dick startles the boys and once again Dick's eyes seem to house something horrible. Common topics in this essay: | |||
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