Disabled vs. an Unknown Girl

Equiano also uses pathos in his narrative. Pathos is when emotions including pity and sadness is evoked.For example, while being separated from his sister for the first time, Equiano mentions how he cried and grieved continually; and for several days did not eat anything and starved. Although he didn't eat anything, the times that he did eat was usually not by his own will but by force which is another example of Pathos in his writing. He ends up reuniting with his sister however, once again, she gets taken away and he continues to express his sadness of their separation and comes to the conclusion that he’s more miserable than before. “ ..she was again torn from me forever!.. I was now more miserable, if possible, that before.” (page 465)

In ‘Disabled’, Wilfred Owen a war veteran tells the story of a young soldier who returns from war and realizes how dissimilar his old life is to his new one where he is disabled both mentally and physically despite the fact that his mind may seem unaffected by past traumas the reader will begin to understand the subtle hurts that have slowly damaged him. In contrast, the story of ‘Out, out-‘ is of a boy completing his everyday chores, sawing wood, in the backdrop of the Vermont mountains. He accidentally cuts his hand off and he succumbs to death despite a doctor’s aid.

Alvi, even after living in Britain all her life, wasn’t accepted within the society. By moving back to her homeland of India she tried to reconnect with her inner self, back in her country. The hennaed image on her hand is very significant. “Peacock” is a traditional bird in India, representing pride, beauty and freedom. Personification of the drawn peacock in “spreading its lines” symbolises that Alvi’s new Indian roots are being established. The effect created by the writer is intrigue towards the unknown girl as the reader wants to understand more about

The poem “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen is about a young soldier who has lost his legs during the First World War. Owen wrote the poem whilst he was being treated for shell shock at the Craiglockhart War Hospital. It is very likely that he would have seen lots of soldiers pass through his ward with severe injuries such as missing limbs.

The theme of loss is portrayed similarly in the two poems ‘Disabled’ and ‘Out, out-’. Both of these poems are about the protagonist dealing with physical loss as they both experience an accident. Both Wilfred Owen and Robert Frost manage to mesmerize their audience’s attention, and also sympathize for the protagonists’ misfortune. They do this by the use of many literary techniques which are obvious at times, but some are very subtle, such as similes, metaphors, personification, and contrasts.

In the poems “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen and “The Bright Lights of Sarajevo” by Tony Harrison, both poems present the realities of war. However, both differ in terms of setting and contrast that help depict the similarities of their theme. Disabled takes place within World War I as Owen vividly describes the subject’s amputation. The sounds of the children playing hysterically causes him to reflect back to when he once was whole. However, within the Bright Lights of Sarajevo although Harrison discusses the consequences of partaking in war within the town, he illustrates the way in which life goes on regardless the horrific impact which has been left behind. Through use of setting and contrast, both poets contribute in presenting the theme

Overall, Baker uses pathos throughout his article to help persuade his readers. In a book called Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition, the authors state, “Pathos (Greek for “emotion”) has most to do with audience” (Rosa and Eschholz 552). Looking into Baker’s article, he uses emotions to help relate the readers to him. The author explains, “But I’m a guy, raising a houseful of little guys, and so my thinking isn’t particularly complicated” (Baker). This example relates the readers to Baker’s life, and this allows them to make an emotional connection. Another example is, “I know that Scooter and his pals at their current stage of life would prefer to keep the “no girls allowed” sign on their clubhouse door. And trust me, they don’t

Pathos is a power to cause pity or sadness. Quindlen actually starts her speech with a form of pathos. She tells a story about her college experience. When she was in college, she tried to be the definition of perfect. Later on she discovered that she wasn't perfect, no matter how hard she tried, and that trying to be so just dragged her down. “Eventually being perfect day after day, year after year, became like always carrying a backpack filled with bricks on my back” (3, 296). This makes the viewers feel bad for her, it makes them pity that she had put that much stress on herself, which not only makes the viewer putty in her hands, but also makes them dislike the idea of perfection. All of this just came from one simple story, that’s why pathos is

Despite Montag trying to feel authentically happy, his efforts are shown to have failed after his interaction with Clarisse. When Montag walked into his bedroom, his smile began to, “ slide away, melt, and fold over,” revealing his true emotions. This example of personification implies that he could no longer control the mask of happiness he had been wearing for years as his emotions took over and his smile gained a mind of its

One of the many uses of Pathos is in the opening scene is when Bill is greeting the soldiers returning from Afghanistan. The filmmakers did this by using a close up of Bills face while he was greeting troops, and by following this with a point of view of the soldiers from what appears to be Bill’s perspective. The use of Pathos is an emotional appeal to the audience, by showing Bill’s face the audience sees his emotion which causes the audience to feel the emotion as well.

In the poem ‘Disabled’, poet Wilfred Owen portrays the horrors of war and the brutal aftermath by using powerful imagery, dramatic contrasts of pace and time, overwhelming irony and by creating a strong sense of sympathy for the soldier of this poem. The contrasts between health and illness, life and death feature greatly in the poem; this gives the reader a ‘before and after’ picture of the soldier’s (subject’s) life.

Although he has a rather successful job, he feels the need to embellish the truth of his success just as Willy has done in the past. (quote). Happy has also taken on his father’s trait

“An Unknown Girl” by Moniza Alvi is a free verse poem about the author’s experience getting her hand hennaed in an Indian bazaar. Throughout the poem, Alvi makes use of structure techniques like end-stopped lines, occasional rhymes, language, imagery, and changes in tone to explore different aspects of the concept of identity.

“Disabled" is a poem written in the 1910s by Wilfred Owen, the poem describes the experience of a young soldier who was fighting in World War I. After the war he lost his limbs as it was very unfortunate for him. As the poem goes on, he was then laughed and discriminated about his unfortunate loss. He then feels regretful of the reason why he went to fight for his country. The adjective “Disabled “is associated with negative connotations. The poem is about the negative feelings of an ex-soldier who lost had an unfortunate loss of limbs. As this is similar to the poem ‘Out, Out ‘.

Throughout Wilfred Owen’s collection of poems, he unmasks the harsh tragedy of war through the events he experienced. His poems indulge and grasp readers to feel the pain of his words and develop some idea on the tragedy during the war. Tragedy was a common feature during the war, as innocent boys and men had their lives taken away from them in a gunshot. The sad truth of the war that most of the people who experienced and lived during the tragic time, still bare the horrifying images that still live with them now. Owen’s poems give the reader insight to this pain, and help unmask the tragedy of war.