Pathos In Thomas Paine's '

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Paine's feelings Lazy inconsiderate parents leave their children to suffer. Paine takes the pathos route to persuade his audience to fight. Thomas Paine create a image of a father being selfish with his life making the readers feel regret for not going to war. People of this time we're very emotional, family members are dying from war and the British are try to take over their land. Paine puts in our mind the British are like thieves coming into our home killing our wives and children. We’d fight the thief off but we won’t stand up against the British. And this is why Paine uses his pathos to make us feel. Paine’s use of pathos is powerful and impact. He makes us feel hurt for our younger generation’s youth and for the family’s that have

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