Pandemic

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"Pandemic: My country is on its knees", written by Stephen Lewis, is a beautiful and touching article. It reveals the truth as it happened about the Aids pandemic, famine, and war in Africa. In 1960s, Africa was described by Stephen as "a continent of vitality, growth, and boundless expectation". People from Africa suffered from the Aids, hunger and bullets. In this article, Stephen used many logos, ethos, and pathos to express his grieve to the Africa and its people When he narrated to readers his personal stories in Africa. I believe the pathos Stephen used is the most effective and impressive. For example, in page 377, Stephen told readers how how he loved those Africa kids. However, when he return to Africa in the late 1960s, he discovered that "most of his former students had died, some from bullets, some from hunger, some from both.“ Stephen described it as " the saddest and most wretched experience of his life. I believe Stephen even doesn't want to recollect this any more. In page 378, Stephen used a lot of pathos to talk about his sadness to Africa. Old Africa was "gentle, decent and welcoming", but now, Africa was filled with "oppression, disease and despair." Stephen wrote affectionately that how he loved the original Africa, and revealed his disappointed, shocked, and sorrowful to current Africa. He compared the Africa in different times, and it makes readers get the same feeling as Stephen felt.

Question: In "Pandemic", which appeals was used most frequently. Why he used this kind of appeal frequently?