[Do My Friends Think I Have Forgotten My Wife and Children?] (blog #5)

      In this letter John Adams tells his wife Abigail Adams how much he longed to read her letters. He also asks Abigail and himself if his friends think that he has forgotten about his wife, his children , and his loved ones, because of being a politician for so long. He also tells Abigail that it is no use to hide the fact that the small pox runs in the family because he already knows.

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          "Do my Friends think that I have been a Politician so long as to have lost all feelings? Do they suppose I have forgotten my Wife and Children?"(Adams 688). This quote is apple to emotion, because he is tell ing the reader that just because he is a Politician dose not mean his has lost all feelings towards his family.“What have I done, or omitted to do, that I should thus be and neglected in the most tender and affecting scene of my life!” (Adams 688). THis quote is appeal to pathos, because the audience feels pity for him. John is also asking for mercy in this quote.