Roger

"You don't know Roger. He's a terror."

- Chapter 12

Roger is a major character in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. He is one of the boys stranded on the island and Jack's second-in-command. Roger has a tendency of hurting the other boys such as throwing rocks at them and killing others such as murdering Piggy with a boulder.

He represents humankind's sadistic instincts and acts.

Description
Roger is one of the young boys stranded on a mysterious island after their plane crashes. Like the others, he starts off as innocent and unaware of the dangers on the island. But as he witnesses Jack's brutal tyranny and how he behaved towards the boys and the hunters,

Roger somewhat becomes influenced by Jack's behaviour and acts his ruthless ways to the boys, such as throwing rocks at a littlelun and destroying their sand castles. His motives are clear since he has the instinct to hurt others, and he enjoys it. His fun of hurting the boys turning into murder after he uses a large boulder to kill Piggy and breaking the conch shell. Roger's dark secrets of himself were secretive, since he was used to abide by the rules, but they all come to light once savagery takes over him.

Arrival on the Island
Roger was one of the boys who lived in Britain prior to the atomic bomb explosion and evacuating from their country, when their plane plummets down onto a Pacific Island. After Ralph blows the conch, Roger and all the boys gather onto the beach, where Ralph is voted chief and Jack as the hunters' leader.