This quote is from Cormac McCarthy's novel "All the Pretty Horses", written in 1992. It tells a story about a 16-years-old John Grady Cole who grew up on a ranch in Texas.
This quote portrays boy's love and passion for horses, but also his loneliness and feeling of abandonment. He made a bond with horses like no other. Horses defined him as a person and he wishes humans could be more like persons. In the previously mentioned citation, he emphasizes the understandment and coherence between the horses, as opposed to the conflicts and misunderstanding that is dominant between people. When he is in the state of dealing with a loss, he finds comfort in horses which he cannot find in people.
Really, it's C, because A and B are actually the opposite of what happened.
Answer:
I pretty sure it is D) it contributed to the opening of the western frontier.
Explanation:
The finding of gold and silver will lead to greater development. This was the sole purpose of expanding western. Money equals power this is known as Mercantilism.
