The dominant factor in an epic is the heroic main character. This character often is the son of a god or goddess and is favored by the gods. Heroic characters are also always hounded by constant tragedy which drives them to fulfill their fates. Most heroic characters are high in social status and share close contacts with the gods. All of these qualities of heroic characters show up in the characters of Aeneas from The Aeneid and Gilgamesh from the Epic of Gilgamesh<span>. </span>
First of all let’s ignore the massive amount of propaganda there is in this paragraph. The pathos is the fact that it tries to sway you by saying that people aren’t going to be able to find a doctor when in need and logos by saying that private insurance people will lose their jobs due to there not being a need for private insurance.
The personification in this is “But here and there a few cars groaning creep...” the idea this personification gives about New York is probably that New York is [obviously] just waking up and people are starting to drive their cars around the city.
