Over the centuries, political nihilism has found its way into many works of both classical and contemporary literature. Alan Pratt defines the philosophical concept of political nihilism as: “[] being associated with the belief that the destruction of all existing political, social, and religious order []” (Pratt 4). As seen in some historical examples of literature, Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” and T.S Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men truly embodies the theme of the desire of both social and political destruction. A more modern example of the value of social and political destruction would be Christopher Nolan’s character of the Joker in his movie The Dark Knight. A common theme they all express is the pointlessness of society and how the characters in these stories work those this goal. In “The Destructors”, Graham Greene portrays the main theme of the value of destruction through T. and his followers. Together, they represent the extremes of nihilism and the philosophical doctrine that existing social and political institutions must be completely destroyed in order to make way for the new. As seen in some historical examples of literature, Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” and T.S Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men truly embodies the theme of the desire of both social and political destruction. A more modern example of the value of social and political destruction would be Christopher Nolan’s character of the Joker in his movie The Dark Knight. A common theme they all express is the pointlessness of society and how the characters in these stories work those this goal. Secondly, the last part of The Hollow Men defines what the value of destruction really means to T.S Eliot. Many people know this poem only for its immortal final lines: “This is the way the world ends/This is the way the world ends/This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper” (Eliot 830). As seen in some historical examples of