Lord of the Flies Response

The passage I am going to use is:

The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.  Once there was this and that; and now--and the ship had gone. [... Jack refusing to give Piggy the floor when he has the conch...]

"The rules!" shouted Ralph.  "You're breaking the rules!"

"Who cares?"

Ralph summoned his wits.

"Because the rules are the only thing we've got!"

But Jack was shouting against him.

"Bollocks to the rules!  We're strong--we hunt!  If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down!  We'll close in and beat and beat and beat--!" (91)

This passage is important in The Lord of the Flies in so many ways. Rules are the only thing that are holding the boys together. They frequently argue, and dispute about the fire. The rules were the only thing to hold them together, and in this passage the rules are abandoned. 

This is significant because from here on now the boys will start to fall apart, and so will their “society”. I read ahead a little bit, and this is true. Even though this book has had a slow start, it has a very good plot, and I am excited to read more to see what happens. So far, Jack and Rodger are the only two boys that have lost their sanity.