Figurative Language In Richard Adams 'Letter To Her Son'

Adams is trying to encourage her son that it is time to improve his advantages by learning new things on his trip to France. She advices him to build up new things to his character that will help him one day become a successful person by adding more to his great attributes that will lead him to begin a patriotic responsibility. “But add justice, fortitude, and every manly virtue which can adorn a good citizen,” meaning that it is time for him to do honor for his country that will soon sit in his hands. Adams letter to her son shows us that she said all of this through ethos. pathos , and logos, and through figurative language to show that he could be a capable and successful man. Adams tells her son that he should build more to his character