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)
Jack was the first one one the island to become savage and break the rules, but he is not the only one because others boys join him too. Ralph is the leader and he is trying to explain that the rules is the only thing that is keeping this society together. Jack does not believe in the rules because all he wants to do is hunt and try to kill a beast. Jack's killer instinct is in the way of keeping the society together and trying to escape the island. When Jack says "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--!", Jacks implies that he can kill any beast, no matter how strong the beast is.
This is a chapter that is a turning point of the story. When Ralph and Piggy met up with the choir group on the island, sadly did they not know that the choir group leader wants to kill beasts and go savage. When Jack becomes savage, it is a ripple effect on the other boys because they become savage too. In this dialogue, one can assume that getting rescued is not one of Jacks priorities. When Jack says "...We'll close in and beat and beat and beat--!" it proves that Jack just wants to kill because the description of we'll beat it and beat it almost sounds like Jacks enjoys killing.
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