Pathos In 'Frozen Humb Burger Patties'

Pathos is a quality that appeals emotions of sympathy and sorrow to the audience. An example is when Janice was over at her friend's house and the mother made lasagna, so she uses the excuse of going to the washroom to see what it actually looks like. “I pretended to have to use the bathroom so that I could pass through the kitchen and briefly glimpse what a lasagna looked like.” She stated that she would eat things like “frozen hamburger patties” because it was the only thing that she was able to make. Another literary technique would be Epiphany because the purpose of epiphany is changing the opinions of one character about another. It is also a moment in the story where the character experiences the sudden truth. An example of epiphany is