The source of this popularity was probably its readability (Jones 1). Graham Greene incorporated his beliefs about Roman Catholicism and his experiences into his writing style, characters, and themes throughout his work. Born in October 1904, Graham was the fourth of six children of Charles Henry Greene and Marion Raymond Greene (Diemert 2). As his father became headmaster of Berkhamsted College (1910), Graham was moved from the family residence to the boarders' residence at the age of thirteen. As a teenager he was unhappy and felt alienated from his family. Because he was the headmaster's son, he was often persecuted by other boys and was never accepted. Graham's life as a student was "marked by torment and betrayal" (2). As a romantic with a sheltered childhood, Graham found it necessary to "rebel against the world that protected him." Only he tried to preserve the romantic forms of the old world, using them as a direct expression of a reality that clashes with the original content of the forms (Spurling 1). Graham is known and admired primarily as a novelist. In a certain sense he is «created by writings and not vice versa» (Bergonzi