"'The rules!' shouted Ralph. 'You're breaking the rules!'
'Who cares?'"
That quote is said by Ralph and then by Jack. It is said during an assembly in which Ralph is yelling at everyone for not following the rules. Jack is mad that he is not allowed to talk without the Conch. Jack is also upset that Ralph is defending Piggy from Jack's taunting. Afterwards Jack leads many boys away to hunt with him.
This scene helps represent the breaking down of society. As the boys, led by Jack, begin to break the rules and realize they aren't needed, the most fundamental society trait falls. The most basic things we learn are beginning to lose their effect. Very young we learn to follow rules because they are needed. On the island, that is breaking down after a while. This also shows the beginning of the end of Ralph's rule. Ralph's control over Jack is beginning to break and in the end when Jack leads people away, although they come back, it shows that Ralph no longer has total control. This gradual deminishing of Ralph's power eventually leads to his fall from power. Jack's demonstration of power shows he is a real threat to Ralph's rule.
This Chapter deals with the power struggle on the island. It starts by showing how Ralph is losing control of the kids. They don't listen to him, and go to the bathroom where the want, not where he told them. Plus, the hunters ignored his words and left the fire, letting it go out. The chapter then transitions into Jack's gaining power. Jack was able to have people ignore Ralph's authority and leave the fire to hunt with him. Later Jack is able to get most of the kids to go off hunting with him. Jack is able to gain power through the beast. He says he will kill the beast. That apeals to the kids and so they follow him. Jack's gaining power and Ralph's losing it shows how the island is about to change from one ruler to another.
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