Thomas Paine, a revolutionary writer, believed that everyone must bear the weight of the war together in order win liberty, and through his use of metaphor, allusions, and analogy in his writing Paine persuaded people to aid the fight. Thomas Paine appealed to the colonists’ sense of pathos, logos, and ethos. Paine uses metaphors to describe the weak hearted freedom fighter as “the summer soldier and sunshine patriot” (Paine). This appeals emotionally to the colonists, because so many people are dedicated to the war that those who shy away from ugly reality of battle are an insult to the effort for freedom. He includes allusions, this specifically is to appeal to both ethos and pathos. Paine shows strength, and power blessed by heaven through