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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected into public office right after the period that the country experienced a huge decline in the stock market. He decided to make a speech to assure the people that he is working towards reviving the economy. He says "our greatest primary task is to put the people to work" and to achieve this there has to be massive recruitment of workers that must commence immediately. He also states that there will be "a strict supervision of all banking and credit facilities" this is to prevent a future crash of the stock market.
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The quote is about how when we are young, we are told to savour our youth because it's fleeting. When you're young though, it can feel like forever and it's harder to see how fleeting youth truly is. I believe this was included at the start of the novel because the book later follows Connor, who is only a boy.
This is called point of view
lighting or light,the art of illuminating a manuscript.
