Character Traits In Lord Of The Flies

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What would happen if a bunch of preteen boys ended up being stranded on an island? No adults or any form of the world we all know to guide these kids to make the right choices. How long would it take for them to break down to savages and lose all of what was left of civilization? Could it only take one bad character trait to doom everyone on the island? The most dangerous character trait to the well-being of the group is ignorance. Intelligence, evilness, and ignorance are three character traits that are exhibited by characters in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.
To begin, Piggy is a lot smarter than everyone else on the island but no one listens to him so that could danger the well-being of the group. Piggy’s glasses are looked
To start, Roger shows signs that he evil before the island but was masked by the society he lived in. “Who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.” (18) It seems like Roger was trying to hide something from everyone. It is like he doesn’t want to be found out because he still feels leashed to society where hurting others is considered bad. If Roger hurt another kid he would have to deal with his parents and at the beginning of the novel, he feels like there are still consequences for his actions. Having someone like that could be a real danger to the well-being of the group. After, Roger killed the pig with unnecessary force to cause it pain. What would stop him from doing the same to a human? “Roger found a lodgment for his point and began to push until he was leaning with his entire weight.” (149) Roger killed the pig in such a way to cause it an incredible amount of pain. His evilness and cruelty comes out as he enjoys making the pig squeal for its dear life. Roger being around could be a danger to the safety of the group if he ever decides to cause harm to a person. Towards the end of the book, Roger kills Piggy by releasing a giant boulder. “High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever.” (200) Roger gained no benefit at all from killing Piggy except for his thirst for blood and pain. Evil is the only word that could describe a person such as Roger. Since Piggy was in the vicinity of the boulder's path Roger felt the need to send the kid to his grave. The well-being of the group is at risk due to the evil within