Response for “The Destructors”: themes, interpretations Essay

Chaos had advanced. The kitchen was a shambles of broken wish-wash and china. The dining-room was stripped of parquet, the skirting was up, the door had been taken off its hinges, and the destroyers had moved up a floor. Streaks of lighthearted came in through the closed shutters where they worked with the seriousness of creators and destruction after all is a form of origin. A kind of imagination had seen this house as it had now become.The Second World War had just complete and the boys were living in a hostile and indifferent world. They had had an idea, a dream, and using their imagination the gang had created a plan (p.176 a wild invention) to destroy Old Miserys house. To accomplish their billing they involve energy, hard work and organisation, just like in a war. However, they werent doing it for hate, because hate requires a certain degree of passion and each and every one of them was cold-minded, and just followed the orders of their overhauler Trevor, who was a org anize of evil.Its clear that the gang wanted prestige, distinction and fame (p.174 The fame been destroyed) nevertheless it wasnt just for that they were doing it by nature and consciously and most significant for fun. Destruction was part of them, maybe because they were the sons of war and they were living a full point of transition when many important changes take place but as farther as Im concerned, proportional episodes (with proportional consequences) happen nowadays. This leads me to think that destruction is part of human nature.Regarding their action, when the house was be smashed, sounds of carpentry were heard (creation) (e.g. a clickety-clack, a bang bang, a scraping, a creaking ). The boys created destruction and they had to do it in a way so that nothing build inside again was more beautifully than before. Beauty, style and elegance was something they couldnt allow. The question is why as I say before, destruction could be taken as part of human nature, but perh aps this is always needed to create later. It could be considered as one more step in the ladder to produce changes. During this revolution disorder and uncertainty are present and it is normal from individuals to collectively (nations, corporations, mafias, gangs,etc) pulltheir skills and talents in order to vanquish difficulties and make modifications. Its like a cycle which is always necessary.The problem is that in their cycle on that point had no immediate future. It was a need to exterminate leaving nothing but a regretful landscape covered by rubble. Their plan had been as effective as an army or a missile. The place was clear for something new to be created, something different, but something human which soon or later would be also destroyed. These qualities inside members of the gang were the leftovers of the war. They had absorbed war and were part of its consequences.Rounding off and as far as Im concerned, the falsehoods theme is centred on the idea of destruction a nd creation, and how these twain relate with each other. War and pos-war are deeply connected with this main idea in the story due to the fact that it was a period of transition the gang was leaving between destruction and the creation of something new. I believe that war is the perfect example to understand human behaviour, and how ideologies or interests may lead to fights, battles, and the constant look for evolution and change whereas terrible consequences can be suffered by anyone, no amour their innocence and age (like the boys did).