This painting is the first of the four freedoms paintings by Norman Rockwell that were inspired by Unites States’ president in the State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms, he delivered on January 6, 1941.
Freedom of Speech was published in the February 20, 1943 Issue of The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Booth Tarkington as part of the Four Freedoms series.
The scene takes place during a local town meeting. There is a man who is standing and talk in the middle. He wear a dirty coat, his hands are dirty and his face too, he looks young, whereas the others men are very clean and wear white shirts, jackets and ties and look older than the other man. They are look at the first man who is speaking.
The man who is in the middle is Jim Edgerton. He’s the only dissident of the new plans by the towns councilors. Edgerton is depicted in a way that resembles Abraham Lincoln.
Good but you could have told a little more about what the man represents (ie his position in contrast with the other people present). And you didn’t mention the context (post-war) which is very important, as well as the titles of the 3 other freedoms he depicted.