Combating oppression can be justified in many ways, nonviolent or violent. In some situations, one is needed to be used more than the other to get a certain point across. For example, in the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the people are oppressed, typically women, by what they should or shouldn’t wear. The way they deal with this oppression is by protesting by banding together and shouting words. This is an example of a nonviolent way to deal with oppression. In contrast, in some situations, violence has to be needed to combat oppression. Sometimes a peaceful protest can turn violent in a matter of seconds. Whether it’s a cause of police brutality, the opposing side, or the protesters themselves. For example, in the recent Charlottesville
