Essay Lord of the Flies In the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding connects a disaster in a group of English children with government and civic education. There are at least five different ways William Golding connects civics and the kids stranded on the island. Some of the events are directly reflected by our government. Constitutional principles are very much related in the book to popular sovereignty, limitation of powers, sharing of powers, separation of powers and protection against tyranny. There are many different elements of government which include voting, the symbol of government authority, and committees being some of the most important. For example, voting is a huge part of our government. It is the citizens' duty to vote for whoever they want to decide for them. If you didn't vote, you would have no way to complain about what or who was elected because you didn't fulfill your duty. There are three different times when people vote in the book Lord of the Flies.'A boss! A leader!' “I should be the leader,” Jack said with simple arrogance, “because I'm the choir member of the section and the head boy. I can sing C sharp." Another buzz. "Well, then," said Jack, "I..." He hesitated. The dark boy, Roger, finally moved and spoke. "Let's take a vote." 'YES!' "Vote for the leader!" "Let's vote..." "The one with the conch." "Let him be the boss with the trumpet." 'Okay. Who wants Jack as the boss?' With sad obedience the choir raised their hands. “Who wants me?” All the hands outside the choir, except Piggy's, immediately went up. Then Piggy also reluctantly raised his hand. “So I'm the leader ." (22-23). ​​This symbolizes an election that would occur when we vote for our president. In the island there are two different parties, just like in our government. The choir could represent the Republicans and the rest of the kids could represent the Democrats. In the quote: "Perhaps this is exactly what the beast is: a ghost." The assembly was shaken as if by a wind. "What do you want me to say then?" I was wrong to call the meeting so late. We'll have to vote on them; on the ghosts I mean; and then we'll go to the shelters because we're all tired.