Lord of the Flies Response

This is the passage that I chose to respond to-

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 is the point in the story when the island began to affect the boy's mental stability. Although Jack was the first boy on the island to turn savage, many boys followed shortly after. The narrator was right in saying that "The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away." because not only did the boys forget how they had reached the island, but they also forgot that they wanted to leave. Jack was responsible for losing their first chance at escaping the island. I like that the narrator shows that the boy's social structure is falling into ruins but also tells us. 

Something that I didn't like about this passage is that the reader is, once again, reminded of Jack's need to hunt and kill. This is repeated too often in the book, being stated at least a few times a chapter. This chapter is significant because it is the turning point of the story. The boys reach the island, and some are optimistic they will be quickly rescued as long as they work together. When Jack begins to turn savage, some of the boys begin to follow his teachings and divide the boys. When Jack says that no one cares about the rules, he is declaring his defiance to the boys on the island and will do everything in his power to stop them from getting rescued.