Lucy Grealy uses specific elements of voice to build pathos in her writing. To begin with, Grealy likes to use semicolons near the end of her paragraphs to build sympathy in her writing. In the text, Grealy discusses how she struggled when she was younger to cope with her face. In her first paragraph, she talks about how she hated to look at mirrors and uses a semicolon to help further enhance the reader’s understanding of how miserable of a situation she was in. On page 23 she writes, “I found myself with an acute knowledge of the reflected images, its numerous tricks and wiles, and how it can spring up at any moment: a glass tabletop, a well-polished door handle, a darkened window, a pair of sunglasses…” (Grealy 23). This specific element
