Mr Gryce (Headmaster)

Mr Gryce - The headmaster of the school

He is presented as a comic figure.

In the assembly his behaviour is vindictive and indiscriminate.

He is made to seem foolish with the description of the papers falling off his lectern at the end of the assembly.

In his study he is boring and does not listen to the boys, including the one who is just there to pass on a message, punishing them all indiscriminately.

He is totally disinterested in caring for the youth of his day.

His violence is shown fully with the caning of the boys in this scene and the seeming pleasure he gets from it.