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—!”
I chose this passage because its very significant to the book. Its significant because the rules play a big factor throughout it. At first, Ralph is the leader and creates a ton of rules that Jack doesn't want to do. Jack just doesn't listen and decides to hunt instead. All of the kids see how Jack is living, and that they don't want to follow Ralph’s rules. They decide to break off and follow Jack.
If Ralph would makes things a little more relaxed around the camp, the kids wouldn't have switched to go with Ralph. The kids are so young and naive, they don't know Ralph’s rules will help them in the long run. If I were on the island, I would've followed Ralph because his rules are a lot smarter. I would have also chosen to create my own tribe.
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