The author of this short story, Graham Greene, makes this short story one of the most intelillent I have ever read, I don't find the story very interesting but still, I think is great.A boys' gang named the "Wormsley Common Gang". T. Makes a plan to destroy an old man's, Mr. Thomas ("old misery") old house just because he thinks it's beautiful. While Mr. Thomas is away for the weekend.
I think this short story is very intelillent because it makes the reader interested all the time with different details and types of humor. It makes you think a lot with the descriptions, this is very important to make it good. Specially with the description of the main character, Trevor (T.), it is amazing how the author descrives this character without telling you his descriptions. What I mean is that we know how trevor is because the author descrives his actions and the way he and the gand do it and the reason they do it.
It makes you know that Trevor has problems and is very mentally affected by his childhood with wars.
The autor uses black humor to descrive the characters and he uses irony to show how the kids do things very organized and in a very inteligent way, in a way you woldn't imagine a boy's gang would do it. But the reason they do it is what shows the reader how they are not normal.
I would recomend anyone to read this short story and I would say is an interesting story to discuse and and it makes you realise some of the things we do and may be why we do it.
Luis Dominguez.
