Rhetorical Analysis Of Nonviolence, By Cesar Chavez

How would you react to people fighting with nonviolence? Would you support them or fight them? After the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. one of his supporters, Cesar Chavez wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s accomplishments in teaching people how to fight with nonviolence. Chavez exposed this topic to people by using pathos in his writing to appeal to a massive crowd and build his argument against violence. Chavez used experiences in his writing that nearly the entire population could relate to, death and self freedom.
The topic of death is one almost every human has experienced at some point in their life. Emotionally death takes a large toll on people. By preaching a lot about death in his writing Chavez is able to trigger emotions in people and catch their attention. Chavez builds his argument through telling the causes and effects of using violence to solve problems. He tells about the causes being times when people are so down on themselves that they have nothing else to resort to and when they give up on nonviolence and turn to violence. Chavez
In his argument Chavez gave his audience a taste about what freedom would be like after nonviolence but he also told them what freedom is like after violence. Chavez exposed his audience to the power of nonviolence and how it can attract millions and how it is the most effective way to win a battle. He proved his point by saying “The boycott, as Gandhi taught, is the most nearly perfect instrument of nonviolent change,”(prompt) using Gandhi as an example showing his audience that nonviolence has worked in history and can work now and in the future. The nature of humans is in nonviolence and Chavez tells about how that is what it would be like after a nonviolence victory. Chavez knew that people want total freedom and he used that to his advantage to build his argument against violence and gain