Roger Quotes

Question 1

First Description of Roger

Answer 1

‘slight, furtive boy’
‘inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy’

Question 2

‘inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy’

Answer 2

Shows that Roger is a very elusive character and is therefore largely unknown throughout most of the novel. He is slightly unnerving as it seems that he is hiding things.

Question 3

Description of Roger as he proposes a vote for chief

Answer 3

‘The dark boy, Roger’

Question 4

‘The dark boy’

Answer 4

Suggests that Roger is evil and ‘dark’ from the very beginning and he turns out to be the most evil character out of all the boys.
Unnerving why he would vote for democracy.

Question 5

Roger and Maurice do what in the chapter: painted faces and long hair

Answer 5

‘through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones.’

Question 6

‘through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones’

Answer 6

Shows Rogers disregard for the creativity and possessions of others and has no problem destroying them.
‘Maurice still felt the unease of wrong-doing’ - contrasts Maurice’s knowledge of being in the wrong compared to Roger’s enjoyment of the situation without the feeling of ‘wrong-doing’ so he ‘remained, watching the littluns’

Question 7

Comparison between Maurice and Roger in terms of restraints of Civilisation

Answer 7

‘Maurice still felt the unease of wrong-doing’
‘Roger remained, watching the littluns’

Question 8

‘Roger remained, watching the littluns’

Answer 8

Unnerving image as Roger is just watching the littluns and he is enjoying the disruption and destruction that he caused to the little children.

Question 9

What does Roger do after following Henry after the sandcastle incident?

Answer 9

‘Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry – threw it to miss’

Question 10

‘threw it at Henry – threw it to miss ‘

Answer 10

Shows that to a certain extent Roger is still constrained by the adult world and what is considered right and wrong and therefore misses on purpose however, he has the instinct to throw the stones which shows his enjoyment in potential damage to others.

Question 11

What did Roger feel when throwing stones at Henry

Answer 11

‘the taboo of the old life’

Question 12

‘the taboo of the old life’

Answer 12

Shows that Roger has some links back to his old life in the civilised world and recognizes the wrongness of his actions but it doesn’t stop him in the same way like it does to Maurice

Question 13

‘Let’s have a vote.’

beginning

Answer 13

Roger suggests this, this makes it seem that Roger and Jack may have a rivalry going on between them and Roger is trying to prevent him from becoming chief or thinks that he would be a better leader.

Question 14

What does Roger do during the first Mock hunt?

Answer 14

‘Roger, fighting to get close’

Question 15

‘Roger, fighting to get close’

Answer 15

This shows the desperation of Roger to get close to the place where pain is inflicted because he enjoys that and wants to be the one inflicting it too.

Question 16

‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in.’

Answer 16

Roger is part of the Mock hunt and firmly believes in this idea

Question 17

What does Roger start doing to Ralph after the mock hunt

Answer 17

He comes without a word and starts imitating Ralph. This is unnerving.
‘He offered no opinion’
‘banging his silly wooden stick against something’

Question 18

‘He offered no opinion’
‘rapid and infuriating tapping noise’
‘banging his silly wooden stick against something’

Answer 18

This suggests that Roger just comes and imitates others like Ralph.
Which is unnerving and worrying for the others (like Ralph) because he doesn’t like that Roger just came with no comments

Question 19

How does Roger contribute to the killing of the Sow?

Answer 19

‘Roger ran round the heap, prodding with his spear whenever pig-flesh appeared’

Question 20

‘Roger ran round the heap, prodding with his spear whenever pig-flesh appeared’

Answer 20

Roger has no sense of morality and is a very sadistic person who enjoys inflicting pain on other living organisms just because he can.

Question 21

What does Roger do after killing the Sow to offer it to the beast as a ritual sacrifice

Answer 21

‘Sharpen a stick at both ends.’

Question 22

‘Sharpen a stick at both ends.’

Answer 22

Roger enjoys inflicting pain
He believes that the Beastie is real
Foreshadows the end of the novel when he plans to do the same to Ralph.
Roger repeats the same violent actions many times to show his urge to be violent and inflict pain

Question 23

The second Mock hunt - what does Roger do?

Answer 23

‘Roger became the pig’
‘Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter’

Question 24

‘Roger became the pig’
‘Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter’

Answer 24

Roger quickly shifts from being the one hunted to a hunter because he doesn’t want to be a victim of violence because he likes being in control and be the one to hurt others and have that power over them. He also simply enjoys it.

Question 25

What does Roger do again when Ralph and Piggy come up to Castle Rock?

Answer 25

‘Roger took up a small stone and flung it between the twins, aiming to miss’

Question 26

‘Roger took up a small stone and flung it between the twins, aiming to miss’

Answer 26

He repeats the act of throwing stones again. Although most/all of his civilised manners and ideas have left and he’s become a savage he still doesn’t dare to hit the twins so he aims to miss. However, it suggests that he probably wont miss for much longer as he enjoys the violence too much based on recent events that he took part in.

Question 27

What does Roger feel after throwing stones at the twins

Answer 27

‘Some source of power began to pulse in Roger’s body.’

Question 28

‘Some source of power began to pulse in Roger’s body.’

Answer 28

Roger largely enjoys the pain he is inflicting and is able to ‘feed’ off the fear and pain that is caused because of him fuelling him further.

Question 29

Who are the final people Roger throws stones at?

Answer 29

Ralph and Piggy
‘Roger was dropping them’
‘a faint ‘Zup!’’

Question 30

What does Roger feel before killing Piggy

Answer 30

‘with a sense of delirious abandonment’

Question 31

‘with a sense of delirious abandonment’

Answer 31

Roger is very ecstatic about having the power to kill someone and the power over weaker and more vulnerable characters such as Piggy.
He enjoys the opportunity to be able to kill someone else.
This is the most disturbing moment in the novel!

Question 32

‘leaned all his weight on the lever.’

Answer 32

Shows that with his whole being Roger enjoys the ability to kill someone else with no other problems apart form that

Question 33

‘The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’

Answer 33

Shows the destruction of the Conch and Piggy who/which are both symbols of civilisation and all what he and Ralph were working towards. It shows the eventual success of evil which Roger portrays as the most evil character of all of the boys! It symbolises the end.