In which excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is Tubman using pathos?
“She tried to explain to them why none of them could go back to the plantation. If a runaway returned, he would turn traitor, the master and the overseer would force him to turn traitor.”
“Then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling.”
“She started talking about William Still and the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee. No one commented. No one asked any questions. She told them the story of William and Ellen Craft and how they escaped from Georgia.”
“She said that he had thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby's, and the kindest eyes she had ever seen. He was a big man and strong, but he had never used his strength to harm anyone, always to help people.”
Answers
The correct answer is option A. Pathos element has been used in the following lines from the excerpt - “She tried to explain to them why none of them could go back to the plantation. If a runaway returned, he would turn traitor, the master and the overseer would force him to turn traitor.” The author uses pathos to describe about the Runaways.
Answer :
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'pathos' as 'the power of a person, situation, piece of writing, or work of art to cause feelings of sadness, especially because people feel sympathy.'
Tubman using pathos in the following excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad :
“Then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling.”