One of the more popular posts by Lizzie is titled "Letter to my rapist", and it begins like this:
Now this first paragraph alone evokes a lot of emotion from the reader. For most people the idea of being raped, or raping someone else, is unthinkable; let alone the thought of knowing someone who has experienced that horror, is speaking in a first person manner directly to their attacker. A feeling of resentment toward the attacker almost grows instantaneously when it is understood that, he got away with this heinous crime. There is a clear overtone in her writing of resentment, and justifiably so; even as a reader, I couldn't help but feel a strong sense of disgust to this person I've never personally met.
Now there is a lot more to this "letter" and I would highly recommend checking out the entire letter because it really shows the true level of emotion/trauma that Lizzie was able to overcome. Once again the link to this letter is: http://arapesurvivorsblog.blogspot.ca/2011/06/letter-to-my-rapist.html
Her final paragraph finishes like so:
I believe this final paragraph really sums up all of her emotions and shows that despite the terrible things that this man did to her that she refuses to continue be a victim of his. Beyond this, it is provides encouragement and hope to other victims of rape, in the sense that the perceived hold their perpetrator has on their life can be overcome.
As is visible in these responses, the post evoked a sympathetic response and even helped one woman with her similar situation. Given the audience that this blog is geared toward, Lizzie did a good job at using pathos to create an emotional response from the readers and help other victims start the recovery process.
After reading this I really did start to get a sense of how she felt and can't imagine the kind of pain that goes with dealing with rape. Its always good to shed light on subject matters such as this as it shows people that their life isn't as bad or rough as they may think. Good post!
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ReplyDeleteWow I am still in shock from reading your post, great job. I liked how you analyzed the pathos of the writers post really well. The main emotions being resentment, forgiveness, and justice in an individual full of many more strong emotions. I found your writing to be of a strong impact with the emotions of the writer, great job.
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This post definitely sends some emotions. It would be tough to go through something like that and justice not be served. The writer obviously has alot of emotions around this, but has a sense of calmness. It's great she is getting alot of support.
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