Labor union organizer and civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez, in his magazine article, describes the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance has on the Farm Workers’ Movement. Chavez’s purpose is to persuade the people to open their eyes and see that you can make a vast change in the world with no violence required. He adopts a patriotic tone in order to contrast to his readers the hypothesis of what would happen if we used violence to get justice versus using no violence.
Chavez begins his justification by stating that Dr. King’s life has made a dramatic impact on the Civil Rights movement and by expressing how his death has made us realize a great deal of things. He expresses how Dr. King’s life has made a dramatic impact by stating “This observance of Dr. King’s death gives us the best possible opportunity to recall the principles with which our struggle has grown and matured.” In using personification we can understand that Dr. King’s life has helped the organization gain knowledge and wisdom in its actions to promote the welfare of the worker’s fight for better conditions and pay. …show more content…
In doing so he states, “We are also convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence. Nonviolence supports you if you have a just and moral cause. Nonviolence provides the opportunity to stay on the offensive, and that is of crucial importance to win any contest.” By using antithesis repetition you better understand the differences between violence and nonviolence. If you choose to stay on the offensive, you state what you think is wrong, and you protest for what is
Chavez begins his justification by stating that Dr. King’s life has made a dramatic impact on the Civil Rights movement and by expressing how his death has made us realize a great deal of things. He expresses how Dr. King’s life has made a dramatic impact by stating “This observance of Dr. King’s death gives us the best possible opportunity to recall the principles with which our struggle has grown and matured.” In using personification we can understand that Dr. King’s life has helped the organization gain knowledge and wisdom in its actions to promote the welfare of the worker’s fight for better conditions and pay. …show more content…
In doing so he states, “We are also convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence. Nonviolence supports you if you have a just and moral cause. Nonviolence provides the opportunity to stay on the offensive, and that is of crucial importance to win any contest.” By using antithesis repetition you better understand the differences between violence and nonviolence. If you choose to stay on the offensive, you state what you think is wrong, and you protest for what is