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)
The beginning of this passage is talking about how time is passing and how the boys are becoming further away from society. This is important because as time goes on the boys seem to forget more about society except for Ralph. Throughout this passage Ralph, as the chief, is having trouble keeping organization within the boys. Jack is Ralph's biggest problem when trying to keep the group of boys together and organized. All Jack wants to do is hunt pigs for food, but Ralph is more worried about getting rescued.
This passage is important to the story, because Jack and Ralph's ideas of surviving on the island are completely different. This is what leads the two boys to split up later in the novel. With Ralph and Jack splitting up, the littluns have trouble choosing who's side to take. If the littluns go with Jack, they will be fed with meat and have fu. If they go with Ralph they will have to work to hopefully be rescued.
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