Pathos
When David McCullough is appealing to the readers emotions, he does so in a direct frontal manner. In 1776 McCullough includes a quote from a Hessian that had just "severed a rebels head" and then "clapped it onto the pole of the entrenchments." The gruesome image the text provides the reader with is incomprehendable image that leaves the reader disraught. When Washington returned from battle him and his "9,000 troops survived to fight another day." By using "survived McCullough makes the reader feel saddened yet relieved that the troops went to battle but they survived so the reader is relieved. "Survived" leaves the reader with a thought that the people barely made it out alive and that it was not easy. When discussing "the sick, the aged, women, children, and half naked" give the reader a sense of wonder because they are ones that end up displaced due to the war. The reader ends up feeling the struggles that the women, children, and the elderly all have to face because of the war efforts.