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**FOREWARNING**
Okay, so I have not done this assignment or any type of work like this, so I am not guaranteeing that my response will be correct. <em>But</em> I tried my best and answer thoughtfully, so hopefully this is a good enough answer. :)
<em>**Actual Response**</em>
Robert Lindneux created this painting to show the struggle the Native Americans had to deal with as they were forced to leave their homelands because of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act. It was meant to express the crowded migration they had to deal with, and the unsanitary, non-idealistic conditions as they headed away from their heritage and homes. If you were to look closely and carefully at the painting, you can tell that Lindneux had exaggerated and purposefully made the faces on the characters in the painting sorrowful and depressed. The conditions were exaggerated as well, notice the people having to walk and carry sacks on their backs, and people crouching over in their cloaks avoiding the sand and dust. The environment is exaggerated as well and in the landscape you can see dark, stormy clouds, meaning a bad/ dark/ depressing mood. Along with a dusty, windy ground that is surely irritating the Natives' eyes.
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Your friend, Pengoon
