On the second part of the book of “The City of Hay’at” the author manages to be more cohesive. (Ethos) In this part of the book the author’s purpose is to wrap up the apparent non related parts of the book to give them an appropriate thematic finale. Through the writer choice of words in the last 3 chapters we can see how he interconnects the stories of Ms’adam, Zula-Kier and Dr.J Burges leaving room for speculation to whether these 3 characters are the same person. (Logos) The evidence presented by the author was presented through a collection of animals that most characters ( birds, lions, jaguars) met in their respective chapter. The evidence serves to the purpose of the author by connecting the major ideas, and motivations of our 3 main characters. This evidence was presented mostly in testimonies from the characters, especially in chapter 11 in which Ki-Ham serves as the narrator of the chapter. The author often used analogies to prove the point he was trying to get across, in multiple chapters the characters were threatened or hurt by animals however on some point the danger stop having any repercussion and was an endless repetition of their lives. The author also managed to build logically upon each point he was trying to expressed, especially the theme of immortality in which he cleverly managed to get his point across with the date of the journal of Dr. J. Burges in which after day 1146 day 1 is the subsequent day; this analogy represents the physical death of Dr. J Burges and his acquisition of immortality. Moreover, the main argument of the author, Kasra Fard , is subtlety put on the title of Chapter 11. ( Pathos ) The target audience for the author are people who enjoy thematic explorations about ethics and philosophy. The author’s execution of how evoking emotion on its audience was indeed successful, upon the encounter of Ki-Ham with Zula Kier the author conveys through their dialogue that revenge is not a worthwhile task to complete and we can see how Ki-Ham breaks upon the realization that the friendship he had and now apparently still has with Zula-Kier is more invaluable than any other thing he currently possesses.
In conclusion, it is fair to say that the terminology and depictions that the author used throughout the text were useful for the coherency, logic, and emotional appeal he achieved to transmit to its target audience. The use of analogies also gave the text a layer of subtlety that bolster the literary quality of the text.
Carlos Cerna Reichmann 