I read Lord of the Flies last year. We didn't talk at all about how the adults were absent. It seems to me that the article missed a major interpretation: it's all about the savage state of the primordial human mind, to which we can all to easily return. We learned it as much more of a study of our base psychology than as a study of what happens when there are no adults. In fact, I remember us commenting more on the racist influences in the book, than how the presence of adults may have mitigated the violence.
Ahh, so they are still teaching it. I'm not saying that Lord of the Flies is a study of what happens when there are no adults, jleopold. I'm saying that these are my thoughts when I am unconstrained. Yes, this blog leaves out most major interpretations. Thank you for your thoughts and recollections from school. These are important too in considering the text. What a great book.