Answer to Number 2 (the authority one):
I believe that the situation the boys in Lord of the Flies were in is what made them snap. Their whole lives (so far) were spent with adults to watch them, and tell them what's right and what's wrong. On this island however, there was no adult authority and they didn't know how to act. Ralph was doing pretty good keeping his common sense, but Jack grew sort of crazed, and I think it is because there was no adult to stop him. Jack realized he could do whatever he wanted, because who were the other boys to stop him? Maybe, had Jack not become a leader, no one else would have realized this, but I still think that the boys would not be able to keep themselves civilized after being without adult authority for so long. Overall I believe that the situation was really what made all the boys turn against each other in the end.
Answer to number 3 (the no authority in school one):
If Nokomis went without adult supervision for weeks things would get chaotic. The first few days (or maybe just the first hour) would have the majority of students behaving, and maybe trying to figure out where the teachers went. People might try to work together to figure out what to do, or why this happened in the first place. After a few days though, students would realize they were basically free, and do whatever they want. They wouldn't clean up, would have fights (because there is no one to stop them), drive their four wheelers or dirtbikes all around the parking lot, and just do anything else they couldn't do with teachers around. I think that fights would get worse and worse, and people would just hurt others so badly, but not do anything about it. It would turn out like Lord of the Flies.... or maybe even worse, because of the age group and because there are both genders involved. No teachers at Nokomis would be a disastor.
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