Essay On Empathy

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All of us have problems, and we all wish that they could be taken away in a minute. Since all of us have experienced problems we know how it feels so we can feel empathy for others when we see them going through tough times. That isn’t any different in the world of the Norse Gods. They are faced with family struggles, feeling they're not good enough, trust issues, failure, and death. The authors of Loki’s Wolves, K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr, use dialogue to stir empathy.
Throughout the book the authors, K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr, use the dialogue to stir empathy this happens for example
“And we understand, too, the meaning of the tsunamis and tidal waves that have devastated coastal cities around the world. Not only has Nidhogg almost gnawed through the world tree, but the Midgard Serpent has broken free from its bonds. The seas roil as the serpent rises to the surface. To the final battle. To Ragnarök.” (M.A. Marr / K.L. Armstrong , Chapter 5 page 60).
This helps represent the claim because the authors use the dialogue to help stir the empathy within readers because one way or another all of us have dealt with tsunamis and tidal waves because they either have affected us, family and friends, or just seeing the aftermath of them on TV, so
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Nothing happened.”, “While he was doing that, Matt reached out and felt for a pulse.”, “As Fen leaned over to blow air into Baldwin’s mouth, Matt caught hold of Fen’s shoulder. “He’s dead.” (K.L. Armstrong / M.A. Marr, Chapter 23 page 341). This connects to the claim because the way the dialogue is worded makes the readers feel emphatic for the characters based on the problem. It's easy to feel empathy for the characters because we’ve probably all had someone close to us die. Even though the characters are fictional it doesn’t make it any different for us to read about it because a person dying is a person dying. It can’t be put any other

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