Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Passing Before Life's Very Eyes

The very first part of pathos I noticed in Wolfgangs comic was visual with the guy throwing up in the casket. It reached my emotions because I felt like that was so crazy that someone would be so disrespectful as to throw up not only at a dead mans funeral, but in his casket! The next part of visual pathos I saw was when the man was going back through his life in alternate forms and seeing things like his child first learning how to walk, and then when he was playing catch with his son. Those are some very heart felt moments in a persons life.

In the next section there was a good part that shows more of a linguistic side of pathos. That is when he is flying with himself as a child going through memory lane and his younger self and he explains how people view heaven and he says, "Some folks choose the "Light at the end of the tunnel/dead relatives" package, others ride and albino tiget into the sky with Elvis. We've opted for good ol' "Life for before your very eyes! Memory lane special!" And after I read that I was like "wow" thinking death would be the same for everyone, but the author makes it out like you actually have a choice.

Then towards the end of the comic there was a part where he speaks about death and after he dies, saying 'everyone turns merely into worm food.' Then he starts to say "But i've been good my whole life.. where is my pay off?" And his younger self lets him know that, "living a life of dignity is its own reward." Overall he shows the reader a unique view about life after death by using open minded visuals and descriptive language in his pathos.

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