They also made other rules to try and make the island like their homeland such as hygiene and when someone wanted to talk they had to use the conch, so that everyone was not talking at once. They made places to go to the toilet away from the shelters, and they climbed to the top of the mountain so build a signal fire as it would be easiest to see by a passing ship when it was lit. In doing all this, they were starting a small civilisation so they would be able to survive while they waited for rescue. Their civilization showed cracks from the start, when they tried to light the signal fire Ralph could not control all the kids and they made the fire too big, leading to it sweeping down the mountain and killing the little boy with the birthmark.
Jack assigned himself to the job of hunter. He had lost face with the other children when they had not elected him as leader as he had expected. By making himself hunter he thought he might win back some face when he got them some of the meat which they had been craving. This proves to be incorrect as he cannot bring himself to kill the pig, losing all the respect he still had in the process. This makes him even more intent on making himself look better and stronger than Ralph. Eventually this leads to the destruction of all the civilization they had worked to establish. Jack split the group and all hope of any order left with him, the boys who went with Jack were savages, they spent the whole day hunting. It was a good example of how humans minds work. If there is an easier option, a more enjoyable option they will take it. This is the reason that Golding wrote this book, to try and get that point across.
Ralph was the best leader on the island, if there was going to be any chance of a proper civilization existing he would have to have been the one in charge. As the book went on thought you could see that he was not old enough, not in control of everything, as much as he would have had to have been to have the respect of every other child on the island. Ralph led with fairness, commonsense and a good work ethic while Jack led with fear, promises of luxuries such as meat and fun, and tried to make Ralph look bad.
Basically the children’s civilization was never going to happen. Ralph did not have enough control over the children, let alone over Jack. The children got scared by the ‘beasty’, everyone will always have a ‘beasty’ they are scared of, its human nature to be scared of something and if everyone else is scared of something we are likely to go along with it. Add this to the split created by Jack and Ralph’s leadership problems, this was the main reason the island descended into anarchy.