In Class: How Understanding Pathos Will Help in the Public Space Analysis

While thinking about this assignment, I think it is necessary to understand all three emotional appeals. I am still leaning towards writing about the rec center, because it is a place, to me, that has multiple facets to its purpose and to who it attracts. The TCU rec center is a place that evokes a lot of pathos due to the high volume of people who frequent it on a regular, or even sporadic, basis. You can go there at any point in time, and the people you will see there will all be there for different purposes, but the rec center is what unites them all. You have the workout enthusiasts who are determined to become fit to run the upcoming marathon or half-marathon, you have the high school athlete who is trying to get "bigger" for no purpose but to look good for the ladies (who will likely make fun of him for trying too hard anyway), you have the basketball players playing in the gym during their offseason, preparing for future opponents while running the court during the nightly pickup games, and you have the average student just looking to stay in shape to avoid gaining that fearful college weight. The rec center is a place that brings in such a diverse range of emotions that it really is fascinating. Nearly every person at the rec center is there for a different purpose, and while there, it evokes all sorts of emotions from its inhabitants.