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Finley is reading a nonfiction text about the modern-day impacts of the electoral college. Which current event is

most likely relevant to the text and best for a connection?

a lecture about the origins of the democratic process in ancient Greece

a local town hall meeting where newly elected officials will be sworn into office

a debate about the number of votes needed to win the upcoming presidential election

ca protest at city hall where people are trying to convince officials to expand mail-in voting

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cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.

- "he is a very real person and his intent isn't to influence us vonnegut addresses this towards the end of the letter when he says, if we choose to curse, that is by our own individual means."