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Pathos In 'Lapis Lazuli'

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Lapis Lazuli’s Pathos Rhetorical Analysis The short story “Lapis Lazuli”, was written by Tania Fordwalker. She created this short story in June 2023, about a month ago. Tania Fordwalker, the writer, is a well known writer from Disney. In the small story she creates a lot of emotions, pathos, as a result of the situations the protagonist has been through, and what they are currently experiencing. The main protagonist, who uses the rhetorical strategy of pathos, is the knight’s slave. The knight’s slave is a tall and strong man, who was taken from people who crossed the ocean to sell him for a higher price. In the story the writer, Tania Forwalker, creates the use of a rhetorical strategy called pathos; moreover, she creates a sense of pathos because of the influence of emotions she reflects on the audience. In the story the use of pathos describes many emotions, such as: depression, relationships, sacrifice, and fear. According to Grammarly, “Pathos is a persuasive device that elicits a strong emotion from an audience” (Calonia). The first emotion in the story that is used is fear. The main protagonist, the slave, shows this emotion when he says, “My heart is a bird in my chest” (Fordwalker). This shows the …show more content…

The main character uses pathos to show depression when he says, “For me, there will be no gold. An owned thing cannot own things. I could bring back twenty princesses, but there would never be any gold” (Fordwalker). In the story Lapis Lazuli, the writer creates this line to highlight the fact that the main character is upset in the fact he has no reward in saving the princess. The main character faces oppression because of the color of his skin and the fact he is owned by a field knight. As a result, the slave is upset or depressed in that he has to live through this. Although he is a good person at heart, he is still not given the chance to prove himself or get the rights he

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