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2) I think that it does not matter what so ever what kind of leadership they had. Ralph and Jack are by no means good leader or the ones that should have been picked to lead but with the situation they were in it was quite irrelevant. Think about it how hard would it be to get a bunch of little kids and older kids to work as a group when they are already socially divided into like first and second class citizens. The olders kids don't respect the little kids and call them littlun. Its hard to get kids to go to sleep much less get them to understand that they have to work and not built forts all day to survive. The never ending idea that a monster is out there to get them even adds to the already broken grasp a leader would have over these kids.

3) If Nokomis has no teachers nothing good would come of it. There are a lot more kids in Nokomis than there was on the island and of older age. even with teachers around a lot of kids don't do what they are told. If they wont listen to adults there is no way they would listen to a leader that is just a kid. There would be no form of punishment like detentions if there was no teachers. There might be some rules but they would not follow them if there was no punishment for breaking them. The kids would start out beating each other up and stealing food and slowly it would get to the point were people would die. They would drive their truck and four wheelers all over the lawn and and would destroy most if not all of the school in a few days. When the teachers came back they would be in amazement of how fast people can become savages without a form of government and punishment.