How Does Hurston Use Pathos In How It Feels To Be Colored Me

“Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason”(Abraham Joshua Heschel). This quote relates to the story because in the story “How it feels to be colored me” by Zora Neale Hurston she uses pathos and ethos to relay the theme that being black is not an obstacle.

In “how it feels to be colored” By Zora Neale Hurston she use pathos to suggest that being black is not an obstacle. When discussing her thoughts on racism, Zora Neale Hurston persuades the reader through emotion. I say that because in the text it said “I do not always feel colored”(paragraph 9, page 2).That piece of evidence shows that even though she sometimes feels discriminated against she doesn't always feel colored.When discussing her thoughts on differences between black and whites, Zora Neale Hurston persuades the read through emotion. I say that because in the text it said “ he is so pale with his whiteness then and i am sok colored”(paragraph 9, page 3).That piece of evidence shows the differences between the two because when it said it he was so pale with his whiteness it was referring to the fact that he is in a different world and doesn't know the struggle.

When discussing her thought on racial differences, Zora Neale Hurston persuades the reader through credibility. I say that because in the text it said “ perhaps that is ….who knows”(paragraph 17, page 3). That piece of evidence shows that god is the person that creates things and takes away things.When discussing her thoughts on differences, Zora Neale Hurston persuades the reader though credibility. I say that because In the text “ someone is always at my elbow…”( paragraph 7 , page 2).That quote means that even though she is doing something good someone is gonna remind her that she is stuff worth nothing but she will never