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msdaniels
msdaniels
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High School - 12th Grade

In Chapter 4, why does Roger, throwing stones at the littluns, aim just to miss?

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Posted by msdaniels on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 9:42 AM and tagged with littluns, lord of the flies, roger.

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  1. cmcqueeney Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    The author says that Roger imagines about a 6 foot radius around the littlun that he is throwing rocks at - that radius is created by Roger's memory of parents, teachers, schools, and basically anyone in authority from the boys' former lives.  The text says that "Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins."

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    Posted by cmcqueeney on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 9:53 AM


  2. mrerick Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    This is another of Golding's examples of the breakdown from civil to savage.  As you've referenced, Roger will not hut the littluns with small stones early in the novel, yet by the end, he has no problems launching a large boulder on top of Piggy.

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    Posted by mrerick on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 8:44 PM