Reading Journal 8 || Virginia Woolf || "The Death of the Moth"

In this essay the writing mode, narration, stood out the most for me. Woolf uses this style effectively and makes it more personal. She has a strong appeal of pathos, and she let's the reader visualize and feel for the moth's activities for themselves. At the end Virginia Woolf stated, "nothing, I knew had any chance against death [and]... O yes, he seemed to say death is stronger than I am (3). These statements explain the purpose and the lesson learned, which is that death is reality and is something every creature has to face. She invokes empathy and acceptance in the reader for themselves as well as others.