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Madison Laskarzewski Ms. Woods AP English Language 5 December 2012 Daughter’s of Revolution Books, poems and songs aren’t the only pieces that can tell stories, paintings can too. At times, they even tell more in depth stories than any of these. Grant Wood’s //Daughter’s of Revolution,// uses pathos and logos to tell how women during the American Revolution were affected. Wood uses pathos to make the viewer feel sympathetic for the women. He wants them to understand what they’re going through. The looks on their faces are almost grimaces. They look as if they are bracing themselves for the worst but hoping for the best. The author wants the viewer to see how much the women have been through and how hard it is to be in there position. The three women don’t know what to expect next – dead husbands, friends or sons. Wood wants to make sure that even though women were not allowed to fight in the war, their lives during this time were no walk in the park. Although they did not face the same struggles as the men, they had many worries and duties of their own and these are reflected in the looks on their faces. Logos is another device that Wood uses to explain the story he is telling in his piece. By including the picture of George Washington in the background, it makes the worn looks on the women’s faces make sense. War of any kind, especially one this big, is bound to have a negative effect on them. They could lose a loved on any given day or realize that England won the war. This kind of stress is going to make looks like these appear. The details added in the painting make the logical appeal easy to see. Stories in paintings are sometimes hard to interpret. Wood makes his point and the story he is trying to tell very easy to see and understand. His use of pathos and logos are two devices that are key to understanding the meaning of his painting.

Picture Assignment





My narrative was about a vacation I took a few years ago. I choose the first piece because we went to Gulf Shores which is a beach in Alabama. The first piece of the ocean and a sailboats. I thought it was a good choice because we went to a beach and there are a lot of boats at Gulf Shores. I choose the second piece not only because it is a beach but because of the rocks along the shore. Right next to the condo we stayed at there was a a bunch of rocks that were exactly like this and divided the end of the beach from the next one. I choose the last painting because so many different things happened all in the week we were there and I think all the different colors could represent all the different events and things you do on vacation. Also summer is so colorful and cheerful and I thought the painting was the same way.