Formal Analysis: Lange By Richard Lange

In this image, Lange portrays pathos by displaying many forms of emotion all in one frame. Desperation is swept across the young mother’s face. She sits there, pondering what is going to happen next, worrying about where she is going to go next. Also, her face shows a sense of humility, and she knows she is trying her best. Moving down to her hand, her ring shows a glimpse of hope in what the future is going to hold. She could have sold her ring, and gotten a few good meals and she maybe could be living in something better than a tent, but she chose not to. The ring shows the strength in family, and how family stays together even in hard times, and it is a symbol of what was and hope for what will be. It is a beacon through the storm.