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Read the segments from William Jennings Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech and answer the questions that follow. Be as brief and concise as possible. These questions can be answered in just a few sentences.

“But we stand here representing people who are the equals before the law of the largest cities in the state of Massachusetts. When you come before us and tell us that we shall disturb your business interests, we reply that you have disturbed our business interests by your action. We say to you that you have made too limited in its application the definition of a businessman. The man who is employed for wages is as much a businessman as his employer. The attorney in a country town is as much a businessman as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. The merchant at the crossroads store is as much a businessman as the merchant of New York. The farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day, begins in the spring and toils all summer, and by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of this country creates wealth, is as much a businessman as the man who goes upon the Board of Trade and bets upon the price of grain. The miners who go 1,000 feet into the earth or climb 2,000 feet upon the cliffs and bring forth from their hiding places the precious metals to be poured in the channels of trade are as much businessmen as the few financial magnates who in a backroom corner the money of the world.”

1: What does Bryan say about the status of working people? “You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.”

2: What does Bryan say about the importance of farming? “If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost, having behind us the producing masses of the nation and the world. Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

3: Explain the point Bryan is making by using the thorns and cross metaphors to describe the gold standard.

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.