Cesar Chavez Farmworker

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We get to go to school with clothes with clothes we want to wear. We get to go to the park and play whenever we want to. We get to practice our religion. This is because we have freedom. Freedom did not come easily, however individuals had courage to make a decision to help others be free. Cesar Chavez for example, he had courage to address his opinion, farmworkers weren’t treated the way other people were. Cesar Chavez took this harsh event into his own hands and abolished it, Cesar Chavez and his union is why farmworkers are equal today. Equality was earned for farmworkers because Cesar Chavez had to fight with courage to get this present every farmworker had wanted. This also applies to Callie and William; these two individuals …show more content…
Cesar Chavez did not eat for three weeks and four days to vanish this combative argument. If you referred back to the bibliography on Cesar Chavez, on page one it would state “He became very weak. Other members of the union had to work to keep the union going. Chavez’s fast succeeded in bringing peace to the union.” By this I could tell that Cesar Chavez was not alone, a lot of people supported his decision of equality for farmworkers. Additionally, Cesar Chavez has motivated a numerous amount of people. In other words, in the bibliography of Cesar Chavez it would state on page eighty-one that “Because Chavez had worked in the fields, workers believed he understood their problems. Many people (afterwards) joined Chavez” By this I understood why people joined the union. Cesar Chavez understood people! He understood other people’s feelings! So this is why equality was earned for the farmworkers. Cesar Chavez understood other people feelings and thoughts. Cesar Chavez understands people. Cesar Chavez is why farmworkers are equal …show more content…
Callie embodied courage because she ran away to get freedom. Callie like it said in the text ran and ran so she could find the safe house she was looking for. On page twenty in the story “Escape to Freedom” it would indicate the sentence “I (Callie) made it to the safe house” By this sentence I could tell that Callie ran and ran really hard to find the safe house. Sure it does not explain a lot but I could tell that Callie was saying this in a-catch-of-breathe kind of feeling. William (in my perspective) showed the most courage out of all the important characters in the text. This is because on page fifth-teen in the story “Escape to Freedom” it would designate the sentence “Thomas handed me (William) a lady dress and a blue hat. I (William) put it on and a white man gave me a carriage ride.” This sentence made me the understand that William Ballard would’ve even become a woman to take attain freedom. To conclude this paragraph, I would like to say, even though these characters are fictional I believe you should not think that and think it was

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