These days, there are two big news in the United States. One is the hurricane, and the other one is U.S. presidential election. For me, a foreigner, it's more like a big party. It's a part of interesting experence in my study abroad life. Like all things, nothing can be perfect in the beginning. After I read this chapter, I learned how this electoral system became complete.

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           This week, I read chapter 4 for this book. This chapter's title is "Mom, Did You Vote?". In 1917, women wanted to vote. They thought American soldiers are fighting for democracy in Europe, and they also should fight for it at home. However, like many men, The president Woodrow Wilson thought that most other issues are more important. Well, some women marched in front of the White House with big banner. They wanted to vote. Finally, in 1920, American women went to the polls.

     In chapter three, the theme is the influenza. I think the influenza is more terrible than war. In the past, the most famous influenza is the plague. It killed 75 millions of people, and it's more than the people who died in World War Two. One third of people died in this disaster in the middle age of Europe. I think the influenza is more horrible than war, because people can stop war at anytime and people can't stop the influenza.

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            This week I continue to read this book. In this chapter, it talks about another kind of war after World War One. This war is influenza. In 1918, the influenza almost killed 20 million people. That was more than the total of deaths during the four years of the Great War. In Wasnington D.C., there isn't enough room in hospital. A new word was being used. It was normalcy. That is what people wanted. They wanted to go back to the good old days before the war, but time won't march backward.