Text Analysis for "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"

Who is writing?
Patrick Henry wrote the speech “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” addressed to the House of Burgesses.
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Who is the audience?
The audience is the House of Burgesses; Patrick Henry was trying to persuade them to pass a motion which would send Virginian troops to the Revolutionary War.
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Who does the writer represent?
The writer represents himself and also, the troops he is wanting to send to war. I think he represents himself because he wrote this speech with his ideas in mind of what he wanted to address. The troops are also represented because the speech is talking about sending them into the war, which is what the speech is about.
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What is being said?
Patrick Henry is addressing the House of Burgesses arguing that they should send Virginian troops to the Revolutionary War. Patrick Henry implies that “[n]o man thinks more highly than I do of the Patriotism…” Henry also states, to those troops he arguing to be sent, that he “…hope[s] it will not be disrespectful to those gentlemen” who see this “subject in [a] different [light].” Henry is also saying that he wants freedom for the country.
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How is it being said?
I think that Patrick Henry’s speech is being said strong and straight forward, but also respectful. I think it is straight forward and strong because he is saying what he thinks and how he thinks it should be, also why it should be that way. However, he is respectful about it, for instance, when he talked about the troops, who see different views of the subject, he said he did not mean to cause disrespect to them, he was just stating his opinion of the matter.
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What proof and/or justification is being said?
I think that the proof of what is being said is the entire document itself because this is the speech that Patrick Henry himself wrote about what he was wanting in terms of the troops and war.