Cesar Chavez Speech
Over the United State’s history many groups of minorities have fought for freedom from oppression, however, the most acknowledged protests are peaceful. Cesar Chavez, in his magazine article, underscores the dire need for nonviolence that is able to effectively end oppression and prevent physical suffering by referencing other leaders of successful protests and implementing an empowering tone. In memory of the tenth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, Chavez composes his magazine article addressing the benefits of peaceful protests. King’s methods of ending the African American oppression “inspired much of the philosophy and strategy of the farm workers’ movement” which Chavez was a head advocate for (Chavez 3-4). Referencing
King builds Chavez’s argument that nonviolent protests are effective because in many ways King was a “success” story. His name also carries a lot of weight to it, and is someone that many people aspire to be like. Chavez also alludes to Gandhi's world renown teachings as “the most nearly perfect instrument of nonviolent change (Chavez 63-4). Crowds of people would gather to see King or Gandhi deliver a message about change, not any form of violence that Chavez is so against. To rally people’s support for the nonviolence movement Chavez adopts an empowering tone. He states many words to reflect this tone like “powerful,” “justice,” “overcome,” and “advocate” where the passionate words themselves define and influence the entire article. Similarly, King and Gandhi worked to rally their people by giving them hope through their powerful word choice, and once again Chavez is following in their footsteps. To continue, Chavez repeats the phrase “Nonviolence supports/provides you” which provides confidence and comfort in the effectiveness of nonviolence (Chavez 12-6). By demonstrating his confidence through the empowering diction and confident anaphoras, Chavez’s followers will develop assurance in his unusual method. Chavez recognizes the need to rally his supporters up and promote nonviolent protests through his tone and allusions to other powerful leaders. He aims to make violent protests not even an option for his followers, and through this magazine article he begins to get closer.
King builds Chavez’s argument that nonviolent protests are effective because in many ways King was a “success” story. His name also carries a lot of weight to it, and is someone that many people aspire to be like. Chavez also alludes to Gandhi's world renown teachings as “the most nearly perfect instrument of nonviolent change (Chavez 63-4). Crowds of people would gather to see King or Gandhi deliver a message about change, not any form of violence that Chavez is so against. To rally people’s support for the nonviolence movement Chavez adopts an empowering tone. He states many words to reflect this tone like “powerful,” “justice,” “overcome,” and “advocate” where the passionate words themselves define and influence the entire article. Similarly, King and Gandhi worked to rally their people by giving them hope through their powerful word choice, and once again Chavez is following in their footsteps. To continue, Chavez repeats the phrase “Nonviolence supports/provides you” which provides confidence and comfort in the effectiveness of nonviolence (Chavez 12-6). By demonstrating his confidence through the empowering diction and confident anaphoras, Chavez’s followers will develop assurance in his unusual method. Chavez recognizes the need to rally his supporters up and promote nonviolent protests through his tone and allusions to other powerful leaders. He aims to make violent protests not even an option for his followers, and through this magazine article he begins to get closer.