"The Destructors" and "The Rocking Horse Winner"

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Many short stories have been written in an effort to relay a moralistic message. While plot, characterization, and narrative style may be gripping, the end result is that the author is attempting to relay his views to the reader. This paper examines how such is the case in the two short stories "The Destructors" by Graham Greene and "The Rocking Horse Winner" D.H. Lawrence. The paper examines how, in each case, authors Graham Greene and D.H. Lawrence pose serious moral cases to their readers, with lessons and characters firmly rooted in Christian principles.

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""The Destructors" by Graham Greene tells the story of a group of boys in the 1950s. Carrying on a gang mentality, these young people are highly destructive. What holds the reader's interest more than the level of destruction, however, is the lengths to which the boys are willing to go to in order to be destructive. Following World War II, Greene presents the youngsters within the story as deciding that they are going to destroy a house. This destruction is planned to be complete, nothing is to be left standing of the house and it matters not that the house is itself a historic piece. Here, the reader can see echoes of the lengths that the Romans were willing to go to in order to destroy the ministry of Christ."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Greene, Graham. The Destructors. 1954. 06 September 2006. <http://oldwww.upol.cz/~prager/e_texts/destructors.htm>
• Lawrence, D.H. The Rocking Horse Winner. 1926. 06 September 2006. <http://www.dowse.com/fiction/Lawrence.html>

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