Labor union organizer and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez illustrates his ideas in an article on the tenth anniversary of Martin Luther King's death. Making his argument on why non-violence is the most effective way of protesting. He speaks out to a religious organization devoted to helping people in need in order to gain more support in his movement. Cesar Chavez shows the theme of nonviolent resistance being more powerful than any other force through his use of logos, ethos, and pathos.
Initially, Cesar Chavez shows how nonviolent resistance is more powerful than any force through his use of logos. Chavez makes many logical points in this first section of the article. He goes on to explain how nonviolence is the only tactic that will prevail and that violent protest will only lead to more problems. He states that nonviolent actions will attract more supporters and through saying this
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Chavez makes the reader feel emotion for what has or could possibly happen by talking about the consequences. He states that a violent victory is one that comes with death, suffering, and destruction. Even when it is won there are still continuous consequences. He makes a point at the end of the article, “Violence does not work in the long run and if it is temporarily successful, it replaces one violent form of power with another just as violent. People suffer from violence.” (Chavez). In this quote he explains that if violence is used to take power, then they are just as bad as the people the power was taken from. If violence is used, was any change actually created? Chavez connects to our emotions though showing the destructive power of humans. How people suffer with violent protest. He makes us feel bad for things that have happened in the past with violent actions. Through this technique he is making the reader dislike violent protesting and making them like