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Joseph J. Ellis existence BrothersFounding Brothers a collection of stories by Joseph J. Ellis that discusses various events following the Ameri displace Revolution and their impact on the budding Republic. The first theme dialog about all key individuals that had a conglomerate of personalities and ideologies among the founding fathers. Because of this, it fit the government and prevented cardinal over arching outlook from sculpting the new government. This can easily transition into the second theme by Ellis.Despite the fact that this group of minds behind the birth of our government, had many different passionate perceptions on how said government be formed, they were still bound by bordering personal relationships. The second theme is present throughout the entire book. specially in The dinner party, which I will discuss in much detail later on. Many of the big decisions early on were non only deliberated in public, but were also debated and contested in tete-a-tete a t meetings and dinner parties.In the third theme, it was in their culminating interest to span slavery under the rug. Even though they knew it was an important issue, they also knew manner of speaking it to public would wreak havoc on the new but watery government. In the fourth theme, Ellis illustrates how the founding fathers used the advantages described in the introductory themes to romanticized the interactions they had. They were very intelligent men who knew what kind of decisions they implemented would be important moments in history.They used their personal relationships in private meetings to shape how future generations would view them and the new government. They had specific throw over how the events would be recorded. This do it easy for them to embellish wh... ...after the dinner conversation had ended. Jefferson was able to make The Dinner appear as though he brought Madison and Hamilton together for one fateful meeting that would determine the outcome of two of the most graduate(prenominal) profile decisions made in early government.Though the full backdrop wasnt probably apparent, Jefferson had a way of ensuring these types of meetings would universally be looked back on the way he wanted. Many of the discussions leading up to the dinner conversation were conveniently tucked away. This made the dinner conversation out to be much more important and decisive than it probably actually was. Ellis repeatedly touches these three themes throughout The Dinner to illustrate how much personal relationships, ideas, personalities, and presumed control affected the way our government was formed, and how we view the process as it took place.