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      In serious fiction, no act of violence exists for its own sake. Graham Green, in his short story “The Destructors,� reveals certain intangible needs met through one central act of violence.
One need we all have as humans is the need to be creative, to express ourselves, to use our imagination. All little boys use their imaginations, which is based on what they see in their environment, whether that be television or their own neighborhood. The gang of boys in “The Destructors� witnessed destruction every day of their lives and played in the rumble of homes as they would a mound of dirt. The gang met every morning at “the site of the last bomb of the first blitz,� which hit when the leader of the gang was but a year old. Along with the destruction to the ground they met on, the house just beside it “suffered from the blast of the bomb and the walls were supported on wooden struts.� The gang was well accustomed to seeing destruction, therefore their......

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