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Examples Of Pathetic Fallacy By Ishmael Beah

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Ishmael Beah illustrates pathetic fallacy by illustrating the image that the sky turned gloomy after the Lieutenant finished his speech. Ishmaels listens to the Lieutenant explain every foul act the rebels performed and the speech convinces Ishmael and the other children revenge on the rebels must occur. Beah uses the pathetic fallacy “the morning sun had disappeared and the day became gloomy” to describe the aura of the village after the speech. The children were enraged and filled with a sense of revenge after hearing the influencing speech but they were also still frightened of going to war and fighting and the gloomy sky represents their somber mood. Furthermore, Beah claims “the morning sun had disappeared…”. The morning sun represents
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