Since pathos is an emotional appeal to the audience. so in this case to convince someone to donate money for a park, you could tell them stories about children who do not have parks to play at or a vision of all of the happy children playing at the park. Really anything that is going to evoke some kind of emotion out of the reader/viewer
If this is an excerpt from a story, I wouldn’t be of much help. But from a layman's perspective, it seems like the character is attempting to please the failed humorist or he or she would have been frank. This in turn may have triggered a chain reaction, prompting the humorist to continue with his jokes which would have further affected the character. He or she is also giving the former a false sense of happiness and appreciation.
This passage may not affect the whole story in a remarkably discernible manner, but it definitely proves the character's penchant for politeness. And that may be be a deciding factor in his or her further decisions that ultimately define the plot of the story.
Answer:
4. or 2.
Explanation:
My teacher explanied it to us like this! :D
Its hard to say does the author seem mad happy or sad look over it again