What is the puropose of using pathos in a arguement

Pathos (appeal to emotion) is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or a convincing story. Logos (appeal to logic) is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures.

direct object would be the answer

whatever is after like is what is being compared they are comparing bumping into you like they are scared to catch germs you have and to you being contagious