Pride can cost someone everything and leave them with nothing. The Destructors by Graham Greene shows how an old man lost everything through his pride. In ‘The Destructors’ by Graham Greene Trevor is justified in destroying Old Misery’s house. Old Misery let his pride get that better of him, and that cost him his only home. Though his stuff is gone, Trevor didn’t destroy the house because of his emotions. If something looks good you show it off, it’s what you do. Old Misery showed his house to Trevor because he was proud of himself for the house was beautiful. On page 50 it states that Old Misery “ had once been a builder and decorator”(Greene). The fact that it says he was a builder and decorator explains that Old Misery took pride in his