Austin Sewell
Mrs. Parkinson
English llb
8 April 2016
The author infuses pathos into the reading by having many different examples and on many different occasions. An example I found from the article is from paragraph 5 it says: "While Lizabeth and I were still living in the shack on Avenue B as my savings ran out , I put almost all my sporadic income into rent." In my opinion I believe that this was a very powerful example of pathos and really made me think and reflect about how I should be so thankful. I believe this is so powerful because I or anyone in my whole family has never ever been through stuff like this. We've always had money, food on the table, clothes on our back, and a roof over our head and I am so thankful for that and by reading this article and especially this quote it makes me that much more thankful for all of these things. The author knew who his audience was going to be, he knew that they most likely would have a home so by infusing pathos into his article he knew he could grab the emotion and affection of the audience.
Another reason in my opinion this is an example of pathos is because he has Lizbeth, his dog with him the whole time going through this. I can relate to this because I have 2 dogs at home and they are both my 2 best friends. Him having his dog with him really appeals to the audiences emotions and especially mine and makes this example of pathos that much better and stronger.
