Kaila's+final+social+issue+thoughts

In the painting, I believe that the lion was playing chess, and the opponent must’ve lost the game or got angry and left. There’s a telephone with the world that appears to be broken, and George Washington’s face, which represents money and it appears to be balanced. Africa seems to be melting, or being pulled on by a bald eagle which would represent America. Two of the pieces on the board are the Statue of Liberty, which represents America, and the Queen of England, which represents England. The chessboard seems to be on fire, which could mean that there was a war that occurred and since The Statue and the Queen are facing the same way, they were allies. There also appears to be men laying face up on the board, which could mean casualties. The lion appears to be sick with little black spots sticking up all over its skin. He seems to be holding a banner or a melted object. He also has people’s faces coming out of his skin. There seems to be a man as a refrigerator, who is connected to a bull by a rope. The bull has flags that have been stabbed into his skin, or poking out. The bull might’ve been eating or spitting out money. I think the painting is interesting, and I’m not sure what it conveys. There’s a lot going on in the painting, and it cold represents a lot of different subjects. I’m not sure it works as well as it should.