Cesar Chavez was a labor union leader and a civil rights activist who supported nonviolent resistance to his followers. Throughout his speech, Chavez establishes the advantages of nonviolence by juxtaposing nonviolent and violent protests and builds his credibility by referring to successful, nonviolent leaders. Chavez emphasizes the benefits of peaceful resistance in contrast of the weaknesses of violent revolts. In the first half and towards the end of his speech, Chavez describes scenarios of nonviolent and violent protests.The way Chavez organizes his statements demonstrates his use of antithetical arrangement. Chavez states that nonviolence “supports you if you have a just and moral cause [and it]...provides [the demonstrators] the opportunity
