Why Are Rules Important in Lord of the Flies

Golding suggests that rules and order are the only thing that prevents civilization from collapsing. In Lord of the Flies, rules and order are only powerful if people agree. In no uncertain terms. If you woke up tomorrow and all the adults on the planet disappeared, what would you do? (For adults, what would happen if you woke up and all the police and credit bureaus on the planet disappeared?) Would you conscientiously get up, brush your teeth and go to school to try to organize the remaining children in a democratic society? Or would you turn on the TV, the Hot Cheetos burst and have a halo marathon (assuming the power grid is still working)? Yes, we thought. Cheetle isn`t exactly war paint, but Golding`s point applies: humans are fundamentally corrupt and inherently evil. Rules and order prevent people from their true violent nature. Lord of the Flies tells us that once you put people out of a system with punishments and consequences, they will be busy destroying themselves. Rules may seem useless, but they are the only things that keep us alive.