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The Destructors

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1954

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Essay Topics

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What does the gang value? What motivates them to destroy Old Misery’s house? Support your answer with textual evidence.

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Protagonist, antagonist, antihero: Define all three character types and identify which characters in the story fit these roles.

3.

What gives this story tension? Would you describe the tension as suspenseful, dramatic, comic, or something else?

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