Page "Lord of the Flies" Paragraph 23

Roger, at first, is a simple " bigun " who is having fun during his stay on the island.

Along with Maurice, he destroys the sand castles made by three small children.

While Maurice feels guilt for kicking sand into a child's eye, Roger begins to throw stones at one of the boys.

The book states that Roger threw the stones to miss, and felt the presence of civilization and society preventing him from harming the children.

Later, once he feels that all aspects of conventional society are gone, he is left alone to his animal urges.

During a pig hunt, Roger shoves a sharpened stick up the animal's rectum while it is still alive.

He kills Piggy with a boulder that was no longer aimed to miss, and becomes the executioner and torturer of Jack's tribe.

He also tortured Sam and Eric into joining Jack's tribe.

In the final hunt for Ralph at the end of the novel, Roger is armed with " a stick sharpened at both ends ," indicating his intentions of killing Ralph and offering his head as a sacrifice to the " beast ".

He represents the person who enjoys hurting others, and is only restrained by the rules of society.