The Appeal To Pathos In Ida Fink's The Scrap Of Time

The Appeal to Pathos in Ida’s Fink’s

The Scrap Of Time

Intro;

I personally choose the short story called “The Scrap Of Time” because it provided more evidence for the appeal of pathos also it showed the monstrosities that these victims of holocaust endured.

Thesis:

The short story “The Scrap Of Time” written by Ida Fink. The author uses visual imagery, heart-wrenching vocabulary, and to establish a sense of fear into the reader. The narrator does this to the reader the appeal known as pathos.

Body 1: Introduction The Scrap Of Time is an illustration of the holocaust era. The first example of pathos in the text is when the author paints a picture in the reader's mind with descriptive imagery . In the story, the narrator talks

A good point we see this, is when the families start getting postcards from there Rabbis. When the postcards start saying to send the family members food. When the narrator states, “ After this postcard , we said, “they’re done for.”’ The reader feels very hopeless because the families give up any sorta hope for their loved ones. Which is extremely scary. This is what the author was trying to go for.

Thesis: The short story “The Scrap Of Time” the narrator uses visual imagery, heart-wrenching vocabulary, and to establish a sense of fear into the reader. The narrator does this to show us the reader the appeal known as pathos

Counter argument:

Readers could have thought that the some of the imagery was meant more of a logical approach than an emotional approach or Logos. Readers might see that mainly in the last few paragraphs. When the narrator states “David who was always clumsy at gymnastics and sports, climbed a tree and wrapped his arms around the trunk like a child hugging his mother, and that was the way he died.”10 Some would say that he isn't very bright and that people who aren't very bright and are childlike had more a chance of being