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Rhetorical Analysis Of An Article By Cesar Chavez

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On the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a fellow civil rights activist, and labor leader, known as Cesar Chavez publishes an article in the magazine of a religious organization that helps people in need. Within the article, Chavez discusses the reasoning behind non-violence and how it impacted the civil rights movement and reflected on why violence is never the answer to any problem. Invoking rhetorical choices like pathos, formal diction, and compare and contrast to further provide evidence on the many advantages that come with the gift of nonviolence. In the opening line of Cesar Chavez's article, he is seen stating how Martin Luther King's entire life was the best example of how a nonviolent approach …show more content…

In line 70 of his article. Chavez develops pathos and evokes sadness in the reader by showing them the impact that violent revolutions have done on the poor and workers. ¨the people of the land are the ones who give their bodies and don't really gain much for it¨ (Line 80) Exemplifying the thousands of workers and lower-class citizens who have suffered due to violent revolutions, Chavez confirms the true horror of violence and how it truly affects entire civilizations for the worst. Additionally, Chavez heavily rationalizes that violence will only impact people in the future, only make things worse, only resulting in more violence and agony. ¨ People suffer from violence¨ (Line 77) With just the use of four extremely powerful words, Chaves proves to the reader that violence will only result in more pain and suffering, and encourages everyone reading to always resort to nonviolence. ¨ if it is temporarily successful, it replaces one violent form of power with another just as violent.¨ (lines 74-77) No matter how or where, Chavez will always resort to nonviolence as a means to oppress and protest, even if it will not benefit him in any

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