Summary Of The Importance Of Nonviolent Resistance By Cesar Chavez

Abolitionist and journalist, Cesar Chavez writes an article explaining about the importance of nonviolent resistance. He wrote the article when the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chavez’s main audience he is targeting his article to is the readers of a religious organization’s magazine the article is published in. Although his purpose for writing the article is to persuade the reader about nonviolent resistance. He is able to achieve this by using the rhetorical strategies of allusion, repetition, and ethos. Within the article, Chavez uses allusion to help persuade his readers. A few examples of this instance is when he writes, “Dr. King’s entire life was an example of power…” (Chavez), “as Gandhi taught, is the most nearly perfect instrument…” (Chavez), and finally, “Who gets killed in the case of violent revolution? The poor, the workers.” (Chavez). The use of allusion helps extend his argument due to how he uses well-known events on people throughout that support his argument. Also, he subtly lets the reader know that his subject has been relevant throughout history. Through the use of allusion, the argument develops into supported argument. This is due to how alluding to events or people

Throughout his article, he repeats the words “...violence…”, “...people…”, “...we...”, and “...us...”. He uses these words to show that he is one with the public and that violence is the main problem within his article. The use of repetition helps extend his argument to show that his entire article is specifically about nonviolent resistance. He then emphasizes this idea by using Gandhi within his article. By using repetition, his argument becomes more concise and tied together. If he were to not to repeat words or phrases that related to his main topic, his argument would be weak and