Am I Blue?

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Am I Blue? Throughout history, horses have been symbols of power and grace. The Story “Am I Blue” starts off with Alice Walker in the first person, recalling a time she spent renting a small house in the country. Soon after, she discovered a horse by the name of Blue strolling the grass plain. Alice encountered the strange brown horse, which was with Blue, and Alice noticed a look of newfound independence in Blue's eyes. The brown horse was taken away and that lead to unhappiness by Blue, which Walker shows compassion for. She takes a stand against animal cruelty and feels the need for something to be done. Walker uses three main components to describe her feelings towards Blue; which are the ethos, pathos and logos. The ethos is used when describing an appeal to someone’s character. The pathos talks about feeing compassion for someone else. Also, the logos talks about personal accounts and logical evidence that the author has accounted for. In Alice Walker’s “Am I Blue” the use of ethos, pathos and logos is used effectively and properly. Walker powerfully uses the pathos by expressing emotion and concern for Blue. At first, she describes Blue to be a magnificent creature that wanders endlessly in his beautiful surrounding. However, Blue is lonesome and bored with life. Walker at this point walks towards Blue and gives him an apple to show her affection towards him. For example, Walker states, "I was unprepared for the expression in Blue. Blue was lonely. Blue was horribly lonely and bored.” Walker at this point feels compassion towards Blue and realizes that he is in need of a companion. She also feels that she has the ability to help him by giving him apples and trying to cheer him up. Additionally, Walker describes a "look of grief" in Blues eyes as being very human-like to her. When Brown was taken away from Blue, Walker could see how despair he was and

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