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In The Destructors the Wormsley Common Gang lashes out in a terrible manner. The gang starts off as a few young boys looking for ways to occupy themselves. At first the activities that they part in are illegal, but not hateful or mean spirited. The boys would do meaningless things like steal bus rides and calculate who stole the most at the end of the day. When T. comes into the picture things start to …

…how hell bent on destroying things these kids are. Dick Procure was also from a poor lower class i.e. Blacks. The actions of those around him and a good bit of alcohol influenced Dick more. Dick also killed out of anger and drunken retardation. Both Dick and the gang were feeling betrayed by society and lashed out in horrible ways. That just goes to show how people react when they've been pushed to far.