How To [try?] To Appeal Emotionally

(1) "Of course, I've had a lot of time to formulate my opinions about divinity since that night on the bathroom floor when I first spoke to God directly for the first time." (Gilbert, 15). This is really important to her emotionally, because this is during her emotional breakdown. She starts to pray, not only in English but in many other language, which she says is just to get her point across [to God] but I think it's a lot deeper than that, it is such a quest inner peace.

(2) "We'd been fighting and crying, and we were weary in that way that only a couple whose marriage is collapsing can be weary. We had the eyes of refugees." (Gilbert, 12) I would definately say that this is a big emotional appeal because the whole reason she even considers this spiritual quest is because the whole thing with her husband.

(3) "This was what my voice would sound like if I'd only ever experienced love and certainty in my life." (Gilbert, 16). I really liked this and it did appeal emotionally. It made me thing about how when I'm upset, and I think about all these crazy things that only once my vision is cleared that I acutally think "hey, where did that voice come from. I don't recognize it...it's so...rational." ;)

-c