1) What does Bryan say about the status of working people?
Bryan defends the rights of working people, their force and importance at the moment of building progress. Bryan compares workers and businessman and mentions that both are necessary for cities improvement.
Also, he mention that the status of workers is underestimated. Nobody can displace the art of sowing fertile prairies that supply the greatest cities, he tolds. From this work, we take the resources that make the difference.
2) What does Bryan say about the importance of farming?
Bryan defends agriculture over other related business activities. Also, he claims against the political decisions related to gold standards. Workers of the nations will join forces in order to defend the importance of their work.
The gold standard consists of an economic system, valid during the Depression of the 1930s in America. It sets the value of an activity in terms of gold.
3)Explain the point Bryan is making by using the thorns and cross metaphors to describe the gold standard
Bryan is trying to convince an auditory that he is right: workers deserve to be valued. In order to persuade the listeners, he uses the ancient strategies from rethoric, that consist on different figures of speech. For example, the thorns and cross metaphors.
Also, the thorns and crown metaphor connect with very symbolic religious symbols. People value this allegory because they can identify with it.
The main reason is that city states were becoming increasingly wealthy
The nation was not unified and every city was a state for itself. This meant that they didn't have to think about the rest of the land and they focused on trading and getting richer and richer. The rich lords and ladies liked art and employed numerous artists to do commission work or to make the state a better place or similar things.
The Commander of the Southern Troops during the American Civil War
Robert E Lee.
