2. Why might the author include this personal observation? Wandering the ice-mud streets of La Rinconada, one can't help but hope that this gold town's days
are numbered

In the farewell speech, queen elizabeth's use of first-person point of view her to appear to be impartial and objective, prevents her from addressing the audience directly allows her to share her personal thoughts and ideas. makes it seem as though she's observing from the outside.