The source of this popularity was probably its readability (Jones 1). Graham Greene incorporated his beliefs and experiences about Roman Catholicism 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). Because his father became headmaster of Berkhamsted College (1910), Graham was moved from the family residence to the boarders' residence at thirteen. As a teenager, he was unhappy and saw himself separated from his family. Because he was the principal's son, he was often sued by other boys and was never accepted. Graham's student life was "marked by torment and betrayal" (2). As a romantic with a sheltered childhood, Graham found it necessary to "rebel against the world that sheltered him." Only, he tried to retain the romantic forms of the old world, using them as a direct expression of a reality that conflicts with the original content of the forms (Spurling 1). Graham is above all known and admired as a novelist. In a sense, it is “created by the writings rather than the other way around” (Bergonzi