Summary Of Non Violence By Chavez

The civil right movement is what caused others to be devoted to nonviolence. Cesar wanted people to realize that violence only causes death and oppression toward the ones who want freedom while nonviolence allows you to grab the attention of many in order to solve a greater issue. Chavez’s essay uses many rhetorical choices that includes appeal to history, pride, and morality; all of these help him convey the idea that nonviolence is better than violence because violence only causes injustice and casualties. The rhetorical choices make his argument more relatable to the audience. First and foremost, Chavez uses history in order to portray to the reader that history has shown violence has potential deadly consequences.“ Examine history. Who gets killed in the case of violent revolution? The poor, the workers. The people of the land are the ones who give their bodies and don’t really gain that much for it.” This conveys Chavez’s argument because using violence will only lead to suffering by the poor just because they are fighting for something that they believe in. Violence will only prove to the wealthier people

“Such a thing would have a tremendous impact on us… When you lose your sense of life and justice, you lose your strength.” ( line 68/72) This conveys Chavez’s essay because using appeal to pride makes the reader want to keep self respect because now one can see how violence takes away from you. He does this saying “you, us, and your” he puts the reader in the shoes of the ones that are using violence and shows the impact it has on them. Moreover, Chavez shows the reader how the people that use violence no longer care about people and become a robot. All their human emotions disappear. This strengthens his argument that nonviolence is prominent because he encourages or motivates the reader to go down the nonviolence road since they have witnessed the impact of