Infer why the old are punished for disobedience and what the punishment says about the community's culture.

They do not want them to start thinking for themselves
It shows that they want everyone to be the same.

Was giving by lincoln on march 4, 1865-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close-lincolns address of 703 words was the second shortest inaugural address-lincoln mentions god 14 times-505 of the words were one syllable -he used the word "war" or it's pronoun 9 times