Pathos in Christ Stopped at Eboli

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Pathos in Christ Stopped at Eboli

Mina Georgy

Novelists must present their works of literature in such a way that the reader can understand the author's purpose for writing the novel. There are many ways to achieve this. Pathos is a quality and technique that arouses emotions (especially sympathy and sorrow), with which the author can make the reader understand the intent of a piece of literature. In Carlo Levi's Christ Stopped at Eboli, Pathos is elicited throughout the novel, depicting, the peasants, the children, and the village of Gagliano as a whole as an isolated society from the rest of Italy, and the rest of the world.

The genuine feeling that is brought forth in Christ Stopped at Eboli is sympathy. When the reader reads certain passages throughout the novel, sympathy is felt toward the characters in the novel. The novel begins with a description of the people in Gagliano. Levi states that they are not human beings, but "beasts--beasts of burden--or even less than beasts--mere creatures of the wild" (Levi 3). The reader feels sympathy for the people because of the vivid and descriptive language Levi uses. Levi depicts the people as beasts,