Roger

• "Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry- threw it to miss" (Chapter 4)

  Roger is throwing stones at the littluns --> Golding suggests that all humans have a capacity for evil; and no character encapsulates this no more than Roger

  Golding describes Roger's desire to commit acts of violence. However, he is still conditioned by societal norms to not hurt Henry; but instead to throw to "miss"
• "Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry- threw it to miss" (Chapter 4) --> however, this later foreshadows a later change to Roger's inhibitions.

  Later, Roger has no hesitation in committing acts of violence against the boys when he acts as Jack's torturer on Castle Rock --> Golding's deliberate reference to a "stone" also foreshadows the rock that launched from Castle Rock to kill Piggy
• "Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat." --> doesn't see them as people, rather as objects --> has no civilisation left
• "Roger's sharpened stick at both ends" --> follows Jack's orders to go on a hunt for Ralph: how willing Roger is to kill
• is used to represent humanity's capacity for evil, initially is a quiet member of Jack's choir --> later his impulse towards violence and cruelty becomes more and more apparent
• "You don't know Roger. He's a terror." -Sam --> warning Ralph that Roger's inhibitions have now completely vanished