In Cesar Chavez’s speech, he really wants to get across the point that they cannot resort to violence because it will cost the lives of people as well as exploit them and he doesn’t want that to happen because he believes that every life is important and a gift. In order to get this point across Chavez uses allusion in his speech to connect with the audience and better persuade them. At the beginning of his speech he alludes to Doctor Martin Luther King Jr., saying “ [his] entire life was an example of power that nonviolence bears in the real world.” This helps Chavez connect with his audience specifically those that believe in equality. The reason that Dr. King was good choice is because in the audience there are laborers that are uneducated,…
Cesar chavez Mexican americans and the church Final draft In the speech that Cesar chavez presented himself at a mexican american celebration conference talks about of how he sees the church and mexican americans during the strike. The conference was about the annual discussion what is going on in the hispanic/ latino community. Chavez was committed to carry out his movement with no violence toward the crowd who doubted him and movement, sadly others did try violence on them, for that they did not succeed on them down. He also had brought this speech towards the public during his 25 days of spiritual fast and had talked about mexican americans and the church including how they are related. Using imagery,metaphors,and repetition,…
Chavez associates those who support violence as inhumane and immoral to guilt his readers of the imperfections that violence has over nonviolence. Chavez appeals to his audiences moral religious duty and humane inclination to show that nonviolence is the most moral and practical way of achieving significant…
Despite the cruelty that Chavez emphasizes his understanding of, he wants to assure his audience’s acknowledgement of the fact that “nonviolence is more powerful than violence”(12) in order to avoid major setbacks. Without their recognition of this doctrine, it’s possible that they can backtrack from the progress they've made if they resort to violence. Chavez uses the pronoun “we” numerously, which establishes a connection with the audience and allows them to feel together as a whole. When he uses this pronoun, he shows that he considers both himself and his audience. He persuades his audience to feel that “[w]e are convinced”(27), embedding in their minds that the farmworkers share a similar mentality, including him.…
Cesar Chavez, in his essay pertaining to the Floridian farm worker’s movement for more just treatment, argues for the importance of nonviolent resistance as a civil, moral, and powerful method of promoting social change. Chavez supports his argument by illustrating the inevitable consequences of violence opposed to nonviolence and rationally explaining the effectiveness of nonviolence as a catalyst for change. The author’s purpose is to illustrate the overwhelming advantages of nonviolent resistance, as opposed to violent and destructive resistance, in order to persuade people of all wealth classes that the most civil and beneficial way to address problems in which reformation is needed, specifically the farm workers’ cause, is aggressively…
Cesar Chavez expresses his respectful tone toward MLK in this article published within a religious magazine. Cesar Chavez's article in regards to the 10 year anniversary of MLK's death, he advances his opinion towards nonviolence by using rhetorical appeals as well as parallel sentence structure and repetition. Throughout the article there is an abundance of appeals to pathos and logos. For example, in lines 20 and 21 " there will be total demoralization of the workers.…
Book Review This is my review for the book From the Jaws of Victory, The Triumph and tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement was written by Matt Garcia, a Professor of Latin American, Latino, & Caribbean Studies and History at Dartmouth College. (mattgarcia.org). He is the author of two other books such as A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900–1970, and Mapping Latina/o Studies. Also, writer of many articles, including “Cesar Chavez, Flawed Hero of the Fields for the Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2012. Garcia himself has a background of field work, not necessarily himself but his grandparents from both sides.…
Government is a system of legislators that act on the part of the people, to actively promote a healthy and interactive community - or at least that is what the concept of government was originally. However, government has evolved through those who control it, and oftentimes the role of the government in civilian life is viewed negatively by the governed. Those governed do not always agree with how the system is run, which has created friction between the two parties. Acts of rebellion are often violent, but peaceful protests also are led in order to bring attention to issues, and enact change. “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience”, an essay by Henry David Thoreau, expresses his thoughts on the government and how citizens should respond to governmental issues.…
Please Fear Violence Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most motivating speakers of his time. Looking back at Dr. King’s life, it can be summarized that Dr. King’s life was an example of the power that is brought from nonviolence. Writing on this notion is Cesar Chavez, a labor organizer and civil rights leader. Chavez wrote an article in a magazine of a religious organization with the intent to help those in need. In this article, Chavez using his words to promote fear of violence to try and get the reader to support nonviolent ways.…
Chavez develops his demand for nonviolent resistance through an appeal to the audience's logos. He quotes Ghandi's teachings, by which the boycott would be deemed "the most nearly perfect instrument of non-violent change," due to the allowance of a much larger group of the public's involvement. Chavez moves the audience's logical reasoning by writing that although they may be able to reach a victory much faster, victory with violence always is one with "strings…
Henry David Thoreau, born July 12, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, was known to be an American transcendentalist and philosopher. Thoreau became known for the essay he wrote when he spent a night in jail due to his refusal to pay taxes in objection to slavery and the Mexican War. The essay was published and titled “Resistance of Civil Government” but also known as “Civil Disobedience.” It is unsurprising that the government is dirty and corrupt so the purpose of the essay was to influence readers to not fear but protest government laws and commands or vote them out.…
Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” was a well written excerpt from 1848, which discussed the many issues on the power, process, and abilities of the United States government. One of the main problems he talks about is the problem of the government overruling the majority to their own legislative consciences. He believed that because of this, the American government was corrupt and faulty. He states: “The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it”.…
In Martin Luther King Jr.’s essay entitled The Ways of Meeting Oppression, he argues why the path of nonviolent resistance is superior to the paths of acquiescence and physical violence. In his writing, Martin Luther King Jr. uses a few different rhetorical devices. He uses loaded words and diction to show that he is educated and professional, so people would take him seriously while living in a racist time period. He also alludes to many famous and historical sources. King uses these rhetorical devices combined with his intelligence makes his writing easy to read, while still being very informative.…
Through nonviolent protest, the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s achieved the most important breakthrough in equal rights legislation and fought against racial discrimination. Ten years subsequent to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and in a form of honor, Cesar Chavez, a labor union organizer and civil rights leader, delivered his speech in 1978, “He Showed Us The Way,” in time where equality for African-Americans was overlooked. Due to a rise of hatred and conflict between those who fought for civil rights and the government, Chavez attempts to prove that nonviolence is the better alternative compared to violence in resolving conflicts. Chavez makes it appear that nonviolence triumphs violence and leaves little to no doubt…
In his speech, King recognizes the violent measures being brought upon the African Americans- churches being bombed, voters being murdered, snarling dogs. He uses this violence in his speech, not to praise it, but to stand up against it. King realizes the grief and strife violence is bringing upon, not only his people, but all people. Another way King uses violence to advocate for nonviolence is when he claims, “…nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time…” In saying this, King acknowledges the urgency of replacing violence with nonviolence to solve society’s contradictions.…