Bowen's Grocerie: Play Analysis

It is difficult for Roger to break away from the crowd, so in order to fit in with his society he decides that he must kill Piggy. However since his decisions are based purely on his surroundings rather than his personal values, Roger is not guilty for Piggy’s death. But Roger’s genes or how he is raised do not determine his cruel decisions, his environment does. If Roger was still tied to the views of a civil community, he would never commit murder. The consequences are too great in an organized society for killing someone. Yet in Jack’s tribe there are no consequences, as execution is encouraged. Therefore there is pressure and tension within the group that is forcing Roger to act similarly to everyone else. If he does not act as a savage, he is seen as different which makes him unwanted and unaccepted. Roger is not purposely trying to kill Piggy, but is instead being pushed over the edge into doing something where he has no other

By 1891 Benjamin had moved along with his daughter Julie Ann and her husband Donald McDonald, Robert, with his youngest son, William H. was living with a young family of 3, Ned Wyld, Margaret and young daughter Mary. Even Benjamin’s ex-step daughter Nancy Burns had moved to the westernmost end of the road to Haines Lake.

Barb, who retied as a public school educator, taught at the Council Rock Elementary Schools and Pen Ryn, a private school.

Myron H. Schell was born in 1876 and owned a construction company named Schell and Son’s, Myron even lived longer than his son. Myron got married in 1903 and 4 months after his son's death he died of old age at 75. 6 years after son’s death Myron had 5 kids including one named Hugh Schell, Hugh got to work with his father in childhood and was born in 1910 and had 2 kids(and an

Ruth’s parents were, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth they owned and run a bar and their house was on the second floor, they had eight children, which Ruth was the oldest, but only him and a sister named Mary survived past infancy since they were poor they couldn’t afford

Roger was married to Hester; however, when he went to live with the Native Americans for a period and later returned, he found that “Heaven had wrought an absolute miracle by transporting an eminent Doctor of Physic from a German university” (Hawthorne 111). He had come back to see his wife had cheated on him with Arthur. Hester had thought “Are thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest?” (Hawthorne 72). He was a nice guy until Hester cheated on him and turned him into the devilish character. Ultimately he set out to seek revenge on Arthur and expose

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Roger’s change begins to be noticeable when he smashes the sandcastles by, “kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the stones” (60), and all together ruining the moldable creations that were formed by the littluns for no apparent reason. And then proceeds to throw rocks at Henry; But as he, “threw to miss” (Golding 62), readers see that Roger’s arm was still, “conditioned by civilization” (62). Meaning, he was still afraid of what punishment he might have received from his past life for his evil acts, even though

On the evening of June 9 the members at the home during the Children’s Day service was father Josiah B. Moore age 43, son Herman Montgomery age 11, son Arthur Boyd age 7, son Paul Vernon age 9. When the service had ended mother née Montgomery age 39, daughter Mary Katherine Moore age 10, Lena Gertrude Stillinger age 12, and Ina Mae age 8 arrived later after the service was over.

In Kirkwood, Illinois, Benjamin and Mary Speck became the proud parents to a baby boy, named Richard Benjamin Speck. Richard was the seventh

He “led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones,” only to remain, “watching the littluns.” Maurice, however, “still felt the unease of wrongdoing.” Jack’s only fault was yearning for power, which corrupts those who wield it. Roger is corrupted and malevolent without ever thirsting for this power, and is therefore more evil than Jack. Roger keeps to himself, much like Simon, and remains consistently evil throughout the novel. Near the beginning, he “picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry-threw it to miss,” held back by “the taboo of the old life.” Later, he did not miss and “with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever,” releasing a huge boulder and killing Piggy. Under the weight of the boulder, “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” The main symbol for the democracy, equality and justice was indirectly destroyed by Roger. To him, “Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat,” thus dehumanizing and objectifying them. When Sam and Eric were cornered by Jack’s group of savages, Roger demonstrates his enjoyment for hurting others by “[advancing] upon them as one wielding a nameless authority.” It was not for the sake of supremacy or control, but for unbridled sadistic pleasure. When Ralph finds Sam and Eric, they say that Roger is “a terror”. He also points out that Jack is a terror, but the twins respond with “only

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To begin with, Roger progressively transforms from a mysterious boy to a barbarian over the course of civilization to regression. Roger avoids social contact, initially, until refinement unravels among several boys, and he gets unruly--walking into the littluns’ sandcastle purposely--after relieving his signal fire duties. Afterwards, Roger continues bothering the kids, more particularly--Henry--as he “stoop[s], pick[s] up a stone, and thr[ows] it at Henry--threw it miss” (Golding 62). Roger gives in to the lack of civilization on the island by having the idea of harming a mere, young boy. However, civilization embeds a part of him, and it prevents him from hitting Henry literally. For example, he “pick[s] up a stone” (Golding 62) with the intent of using it to hurt a person since over time, the island gradually loses its authority and order. Consequently, these boys influence one another dramatically by their thirst to hunt or simple goal of survival. In this case, Jack, a power hungry tyrant, barbarically impacts Roger and his viewpoints. However, at home, society reminds Roger such actions are not acceptable, so he “threw it to

Although not mentioned much at the start of the novel, by the end, Roger becomes Jack’s right-hand man. The following quote best captures Roger’s merciless savagery, Golding writes, “‘High overhead, Roger with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever… The rock struck Piggy a gleaning blow from chin to knee… the body of Piggy was gone.”’(Golding 181). Roger, in this scene, murders Piggy in cold blood. Roger clearly knows it is wrong to kill; but, with “abandonment” pushed the rock. Roger, who was first seen throwing stones at Henry, throws the rocks in the area around Henry. This demonstrates that he still has traces of civilization left and that the thought of rules exist. Roger; although, slowly afterwards loses most of his civilization. Once again seen with Jack after they kill the mother pig, Roger, tortures the pig with no remorse. During this sick scene, Roger stabs the pig in whatever place he can find. After all of this, the first thing Roger asks is how are we going to cook it. Finally, when Roger kills Piggy he reaches his final transformation into savagery; therefore, without parental supervision, Roger’s extremely corrupt human nature emerges. Along with Roger’s exhibition of corruptness, Ralph also displays the true human

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