Electoral College

I think that the Electoral College should stay just because it is a good back-up plan if it's ever needed. Like in the election of 2000, Bush wasn't elected by the people, but by the electors- just as the Founding Fathers had planned. Bush got 271 of the Electoral College votes while Al Gore got 266 Electoral College votes. Just in case the candidates tie when the people are the ones voting, the Electoral College will be there for the decision. Also, with the equal representation for each state, the candidates have to focus on smaller, less populous states as well as the bigger ones. I think that the Electoral College would be a good thing to keep, because of the rare occasions that we would really need it.

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The Music of the Pearl

I think that the pearl itself is just an object, and it's the people that make it evil. The music just represents what Kino feels at the moment that it appears. In Kino's family, I think that the pearl made them a little more greedy and they wanted more, more, more. The same effect happens to the other villagers, someone even attacked them at night trying to get to the great pearl, most likely wanting the great wealth that it possesses.