Examples Of Pathos In The Help

In the book The Help, Stockett uses pathos to show people’s emotions and their different feelings throughout the book. Skeeter’s interviews cause meekness and fear in the maids because if they get caught, their punishment will end up much worse because of the color of their skin. As shown in the book fear shows pathos as well as anger, sadness, and love. In the book, the maids give interviews for Skeeter because Skeeter believes that she can put together these stories from the maids and help change some of the segregation laws. Gretchen, a maid who shows ruthlessness towards Skeeter, also chooses to show confrontation when she confronts and berates Skeeter and Aibileen. She tells Skeeter that people don't actually tell her the truth, and she says that people are afraid of her and will never like Skeeter. “They hate you.” Skeeter replies, “You don’t have any idea what the other woman have told me”(Stockett 305). Gretchen says that all these maids show fear and hate toward Skeeter. Although Skeeter is white, she actually cares a lot about

Minny’s son Treelor unfortunately passed away while very young. He was Minny’s only child. His tragic death occurred after falling under a loading dock and being crushed by a trailer. Traumatized and devastated, Minny didn't know how to face the devastation. Stockett says, “And then she dropped him off at the colored hospital. That's what the nurse told me, who was standing outside. They rolled him off the truck and the white men drove away”(Stockett 178). Imagine being in a dark, isolated room, afraid of what will happen next. Everything feels cold dreary, and full of despair. When Aibileen talks about Treelore in the book, she exhibits the sadness and pain for Aibileen. She cared for him, which was the saddest part. She explains to Skeeter that Treelor died for Skeeter’s stories. Although saddened after the explanation, no one shed