Roger and Maurice destroyed the sand castle out of a desire to exert power and control over the littluns, showing their inclination towards mischief and bullying.
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Roger knocks over the sand castle that the littluns built on the beach. This act foreshadows his later descent into savagery and violence as he becomes a key antagonist in the novel.
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Maurice, remembering his mother's discipline, feels guilty about kicking sand into Percival's eye, so he runs away.
Maurice Sand was born in 1823.
Maurice Sand died in 1889.
Maurice Sand has written: 'Maurice Sand's plays for marionettes' -- subject(s): Puppet plays
Roger tramples through the littluns' sandcastles quite deliberately because he enjoys causing pain and suffering to other boys. Roger is a sadist who gets a kick out of being a bully. Maurice follows him because he is also a bully, but unlike Roger he is also a coward. He is happy to follow Roger's lead but lacks the nerve to do things by himself. Even while kicking down the sandcastles Maurice is mentally preparing an excuse in his mind.
The duration of The Sand Castle is 780.0 seconds.
The duration of Castle of Sand is 2.38 hours.