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)
I interpret this paragraph in Lord Of the Flies as that the boys have been on the island so long that it feels like the world with rules and organization was almost gone. The were upset because the ship that could have rescued them was gone, and some hope of rescue was lost. Piggy was holding the conch shell, and Jack would not let him speak. Ralph was trying to make Jack follow the rules, because the rules they the boys on the island lived by, was the only form of organization they had left. Ralph knew that if the rules weren't followed, then they would be far away from ever living like the people off the island.
Jack believed differently from Ralph, probably because he is power hungry and wanted attention. Jack believed that if they were strong, and hunted, then they could act as like people did in the "real world". Jack doesn't understand that the rules are keeping them somewhat civilized, and are needed on the island. He thinks the rules should be disregarded altogether. If Jack was in charge on the island, things would be going much worse than they are with Ralph in charge.
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