Using Violence to Overcome Oppression When it comes to fighting for justice or against oppression, people will resort to either violence or nonviolence. Both, however, have their consequences and fair shares throughout history. The way violence or nonviolence is used can be different to many people. However, when fighting against oppression, or mistreatment, it's important to take action and fight for equal treatment. That’s why violence should be used, to fight for what's right. Non-violence can’t be beneficial all the time. Gandhi was an anti-violence protester who fought for India’s Independence in . He, of course, used non-violence among with various other people to make India independent from Great Britain. This later influenced many
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For example, the French Revolution, which was an era where the third estate rebelled against the rich and included violence, brought rise and acknowledgement to what they wanted. “When the people itself is corrupted, Liberty is already lost” (Robespierre 1). Due to the violence brought upon there was quick action being taken, to fight for what the lower class people wanted. This quickly spread and acknowledge more people to take action. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, which is a historical fiction writing, shows the French Revolution progression in the background. The Defarges along with a great amount of lower class people to planning and action to get away from oppression:”Patriots and friend, we are ready! The Bastille!” (Dickens 150). The people in France stormed the Bastille, a prison, to show their hatred toward their form of government. This action symbolized the start of the revolution, which lasted for about 10 years. This also leads to the oppressed overcoming oppression much quicker and having some control. As Robespierre said in his speech entitled “Justification of the Use of Terror”,“The royalists … are only strangers or, rather, enemies”. Robespierre tells how the royalists are nothing to them. Thus, they go ahead on using violence and start a revolution to aid the lower classes that will eventually help them overcome oppression. This also was used in the American Revolution, where the 13 colonies wanted their independence from the king of Great Britain to overcome oppression. As a result, they made a statement known as the “Declaration of Independence”, which told the king that they are no longer under their ruling and will go to war with them to get their independence. “King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations…” (Jefferson 1). The 13 colonies of America preceded the use of
For example, the French Revolution, which was an era where the third estate rebelled against the rich and included violence, brought rise and acknowledgement to what they wanted. “When the people itself is corrupted, Liberty is already lost” (Robespierre 1). Due to the violence brought upon there was quick action being taken, to fight for what the lower class people wanted. This quickly spread and acknowledge more people to take action. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, which is a historical fiction writing, shows the French Revolution progression in the background. The Defarges along with a great amount of lower class people to planning and action to get away from oppression:”Patriots and friend, we are ready! The Bastille!” (Dickens 150). The people in France stormed the Bastille, a prison, to show their hatred toward their form of government. This action symbolized the start of the revolution, which lasted for about 10 years. This also leads to the oppressed overcoming oppression much quicker and having some control. As Robespierre said in his speech entitled “Justification of the Use of Terror”,“The royalists … are only strangers or, rather, enemies”. Robespierre tells how the royalists are nothing to them. Thus, they go ahead on using violence and start a revolution to aid the lower classes that will eventually help them overcome oppression. This also was used in the American Revolution, where the 13 colonies wanted their independence from the king of Great Britain to overcome oppression. As a result, they made a statement known as the “Declaration of Independence”, which told the king that they are no longer under their ruling and will go to war with them to get their independence. “King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations…” (Jefferson 1). The 13 colonies of America preceded the use of