The American nation began to expand west during the middle eighteen hundreds. People settled in the great open areas of the Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming, and California. The movement forced the nation to deal with great tribes of native American Indians. The Indians had lived in the western territories for hundreds of years
It's got to be C because none of the others relate to collaboration, but I'd say if you were unsure about this answer then the only other sensible one could be B, but I'd go with C.
Answer: The imagery used is trying to describe a feeling of being invisible, and unrecognizable. As if she seems to not know who she is. An emotion of being lost or uncertain, creating self doubt.