Logos, ethos, and pathos

In the excerpt from the essay “Blood”, Urvashi Butalia uses a mix of all three forms of appeal. 

Logos

Butalia uses logos to convey factual information about the number of people who were affected by the Partition, the manner in which they were displaced, and the extent of the violence that accompanied the event. One such example is the presentation of statistics to support the claim that the Partition of India was one of the greatest human disasters in history. The essay states that "never before or since have so many people exchanged their homes and countries so quickly" and that "about twelve million people moved" in a short period of time. These numbers provide evidence for the scale of the event and its significance.

Another example of logos is the use of historical accounts and estimates of the number of people who died or were affected by the Partition. The essay cites British and Indian estimates of the number of dead, which range from 200,000 to two million, but notes that a widely accepted figure is around one million. This information helps to convey the magnitude of the human suffering caused by the Partition. Moreover, the fact that Butalia presents different sources for ...