Lauren+S

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At the time of the publishment of Federalist No. 15 the states were divided under the Articles of Confederation. Hamilton wrote the paper to establish the many issues of the Articles and the reasons they should be addressed. His main points were:
 * America is important amongst the world and must maintain its reputation, however they do not even have an army to protect their valuable status or their citizens.
 * Trade must be regulated because other countries regulate American trade and therefore we must uniformly do the same.
 * The purpose of a governing body is to create laws and enforce them, however the Articles do not allow the government to do so. Under the Articles the government can merely make recommendations.
 * The people of America know the issues but are frightened of change.
 * A stronger government will not take away the people’s power because government officials get their power from the people and will therefore appease the people.




 * ====I chose the shell mask because it reminds me of the faces of the bystanders. We all just watched my stepdad get taken out with that look of “OUCHHH” and none of us did anything to help, we were frozen in the moment like the face of the mask.====


 * ====I chose The Last of the Herd by Henry François Farny because it reminds me of my stepdad’s struggle with the chair. He is the buffalo and the chair is the Native American in my eyes. My stepdad was brutally defeated and just lay on the ground to be pitied by the rest of us.====


 * ====I chose Glen Ligon’s piece because it is about being an invisible man. To the chair, my stepdad was an invisible man, but to the crowd, they say him very clearly. The artwork can be interpreted in many different ways and each way can portray my story. The “not” that is visible in the end is my stepdad getting up and rising despite his fogged embarrassment.====

"As I was regaining all pride I had left in front of the several people behind us in line, my stepfather was taken captive by the ski lift. My mom and the small child sat comfortably upon the lift and as I watched from the side, my step dad was taken out by the lift. He fell to the solid, cold ground and the chair never stopped. None of the operators attempted to halt the monster of a chair as my stepdad was dragged in slow motion underneath the bench. He knew that if he got up it would only be a vicious blood bath so instead he did the most honorable thing he could do. He laid flat, arms out, and hugged the ground while the world seemed to stop and the chair dragged him a good 10 feet."