Roger is Jack Merridew's best friend and the secondary antagonist from William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies. He is the most violent and sadistic of all boys stranded on the island. He was a choir boy from the school where the class comes from. read more
Roger is totally that kid on the playground who used to torture ants with a magnifying glass. He's bad news going all the way back to when we first meet him, a "slight" and "furtive" boy with "an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy" who "mutters" (1). read more