Today in History as we walked in, we were handed papers that assigned us into groups. On the paper I was given, there was a conversation between respresentatives at the Constitutional Convention. This conversation ws between Roger Sherman, Elbridge Gerry, George Mason, James Wilson, James Madison, Charles Pinckney, and Oliver Ellsworth. After reading this conversation, we were told to figure out whether each representative wanted voting to be in control of the people or the state legislators. Sherman thought the state legislators because he thought the people would vote wrongly and were easily mislead. Gerry thought the people should be able to vote but the state legislators should have the final decision. Mason thought the people because he wanted every part of the community to vote. Wilson thought the people because the legislators have too much power. Madison thought the people because he thinks the people are a better foundation than the legislators. Wilson thought the legislators because he beleived them to be wiser than the people.
The conversation between the representatives reminded me of a book we read last year in english called Oedipus Rex. In this book, a man named Oedipus kills his father without knowing it, and comes to realize this in the end of the story. Before he and the town come to this realization, the townspeople or "chorus" as they are called in the book voice theiy opinions about Oedipus in something called an Ode. This connects to the conversation the representatives had because like the chorus, they all freely voiced their opinions about a topic.
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