Veronica and I are doing are Characterization Project on Roger. From what we could read he is a dark and gloomy character. He has black hair and has a dark skin tone. We could assume he is 13 years old judging by the roles he takes on as of being a hunter and a hangman.
Quotes:
1) There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy. He muttered that his name was Roger and was silent again
Shows that shows that Roger is quiet, and doesn’t like attention.
The dark boy, Roger, stirred at last and spoke up.
Shows that roger had dark skin, or a dark persona.
2) “That was no good.”
Roger spat efficiently into the hot dust
Shows that Roger is arrogant.
3) “You don’t know Roger. He’s a terror.”
-> this quote could mean that nobody truly knows who roger is and that he is unpredictable and a terror
4) Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones.
Shows that Roger doesn’t care
He thinks hes better than everyone else
5) He was not noticeably darker than when he had dropped in, but the shock of black hair, down his nape and low on his forehead, seemed to suit his gloomy face and made what had seemed at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding
-> This quote shows that Rogers skin tone has gotten much darker since he’s landed. His hair has also grown out a lot
6) Roger (a natural sadist, who becomes the “official” torturer and executioner for the tribe)
-> This quote explains that Roger is Jacks right hand man and will do anything
7) Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry— threw it to miss
Shows that Roger is mean and obnoxious
8) When Roger opened his eyes and saw him, a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin; but Jack noticed nothing.
Shows that Roger has a dark demeanor
9) All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of
frenzy. Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife. Behind him was Roger, fighting to get close
-> roger likes to be apart of the attention as he was trying to join in
10) Roger, uncommunicative by nature, said nothing. He offered no opinion on the beast nor told Ralph why he had chosen to come on this mad expedition.
Shows that Roger doesn’t speak up or contribute to the conversation
11) Roger spoke; they jumped, for they had forgotten him. “A frog.”
Shows that Roger is quiet
12) Roger became the pig, grunting and charging at Jack, who side-stepped.
Shows Roger’s aggressiveness
Pretends to be a pig
13) Roger ran round the heap, prodding with his spear whenever pigflesh appeared.
Shows that roger is aggressive and savage
14) Roger found a lodgment for his point and began to push till he was leaning with his whole weight. The spear moved forward inch by inch and the terrified squealing became a highpitched scream.
-> this quote shows that roger is the one who raped the pig which shows his immaturity