Question
Which statement about the narrator's son is the best example of pathos?
A. "The boy had a good appetite, so I didn't have to make him eat."
B.He was four, a little brown boy in blue rompers, and when he talked and laughed. . .his voice was soft. . ."
C.I could hear the boy crying in just that note no other child has, and when I came completely around I found him standing. . .with tears on his face."
D."He would play with the ball. . .poor little rascal, he would play until he grew sick of playing."
I can't decided between C and D. I feel that C provokes suffering and sympathy from the reader because you know a child is upset. However, D shows that the narrator feels sympathy for the child and therefore the reader feels that same sympathy. So I'm not sure! Please more than one person respond!
A. "The boy had a good appetite, so I didn't have to make him eat."
B.He was four, a little brown boy in blue rompers, and when he talked and laughed. . .his voice was soft. . ."
C.I could hear the boy crying in just that note no other child has, and when I came completely around I found him standing. . .with tears on his face."
D."He would play with the ball. . .poor little rascal, he would play until he grew sick of playing."
I can't decided between C and D. I feel that C provokes suffering and sympathy from the reader because you know a child is upset. However, D shows that the narrator feels sympathy for the child and therefore the reader feels that same sympathy. So I'm not sure! Please more than one person respond!
Answers
Ms. Sue
I think it's C.