When the boys kill the sow, what do we learn about Roger? How is his passion for killing different from the other boys' desire? How can you tell?
Roger's actions expose his savagery. He doesn't merely want to kill the sow, he wants to desecrate its body.
Lord of the Flies
In a savage frenzy, the hunters kill a sow, and Roger drives his spear forcefully into the sow's anus. Then the boys leave the sow's head on a sharpened stake in the jungle as an offering to the beast. As they place the head upright in the forest, the black blood drips down the sow's teeth, and the boys run away.
