... in a house that could be conveyed as anything but homely; it is described as 'a certain sinister block of building thrust forward in its gable on the street', this suggests something different about Hyde, perhaps that he too is distinctive from the crowd. Descriptive imagery of him shows 'something wrong' about him, his house is used as a metaphor for him, he and his house share distinct features of deformity and neglect 'in every feature bore the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence' and him a 'strong feeling of deformity'. Hyde's outward appearance is also compared to that of an animal, possibly suggesting that he is not entirely human. Roger's settlement is also used as an interpretation of Roger, he stays at first with the whole group on the beach, but throughout the novel as the boys break up, he follows Jack and moves up to 'Castle Rock', he ...

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