LOTF Response

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)

In The Lord of the Flies the boys struggle to keep sane. The rules are their only form of government and leadership, and all that begins to slip away as Jack beings to ignore Ralph, even after they voted him as leader, and causes the democratic government slip away. The conch symbolizes government in itself (at least the think it does).

Jack only cares about hunting. That may consist of pigs, the beast, or even killing kids. Jack has a horrible mind and this causes their system of rules to crumble. Ralph tries to keep the rules in place and tries to enforce them in order for their society to function correctly. With the hunters denying the rules, it gets in the way of their rescue.

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