How do authors try to create a feeling of empathy in their readers?

Imagine that you are being chased by a rhino, it's catching up, it's about to hit you and then... you flip the page. Authors are good at making their readers feel empathy. You read about something and there is so many descriptive words that you feel like it is happening right there in front of you. Great authors have the ability to really bring their characters to life. Great books make you feel empathy.

Authors add descriptive words to bring their creations off the page. The breadwinner is a book about a girl named Parvana living in Afghanistan. It has a lot of descriptive words that tell you how it was like in Afghanistan. Descriptive words that create empathy make readers continue reading. I really enjoy books that make you feel empathy, don't you?

Breadwinner

Imagine that you alone are responsible for earning all the money your family needs. How would this change the way you live your life? What would this kind of responsibility feel like and how well do you think you would handle it? I will answer these questions in the following paragraphs.

This is how it would change my life. I am used to playing with my brother or my friends, but I wouldn't have that privilege. I love to play hockey but I would be too busy. I would have to work hoping that I would be able to feed my family. Life would have to wait.

I don't think that I could handle it. My days would be wasted! My life, ruined. Too much doesn't ever seem to be enough. Handling it would be torturous.

This responsibility would wreck my life. I would absolutely hate it! I would complain to my family but deep down I know that I am the only one that can do it. I would have mixed feelings about it, angry or sad that I have to do it and happy because I know that I am doing my family a great thing. I would hate having a responsibility like that.

I hope that this never happens to me and my family.