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A Rhetorical Analysis Of Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez, a civil rights leader and labor union organizer, published an article on the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, addressing the sufficent use of non-violence opposed to violent actions. Cesar writes in a persuasive tone to appeal to logos and the use of allusion to inspire the American people to utilize nonviolent actions on setting conflicts as an alternative to their go to violent encounters. Cesar’s use of allusion throughout his article e.g publishing on Martin Luther King’s tenth anniversary and mentioning Martin Luther, a widely known activist for nonviolence, brings the audience something familiar that they have either lived through to see this historical figure in action or have heard about and may have admired to further support his reasons on why nonviolent is the stronger way. In paragraph one, Caesar mentions MLK and states that his life was an example of power that nonviolence brings to bear in the real world. Being that it is MLK’s tenth anniversary since his assassination people are mostly grieving for their lost of a powerful figure that they believe in and have sorta lost that motivate to fight nonviolently since …show more content…

In paragraph 4 Cesar states “If we resort to violence then one of two things will happen: either the violence will be escalated and there will be many injured and perhaps deaths on both sides, or there will be total demoralization of the workers.” Cesar gives the readers a perspective on what has happened and can happen again if they continue to path of violence to solve their issues. To better promote nonviolence Cesar convey this logic as having the opposite effect, “If, for every violent act committed against us, we respond with nonviolence, we attract people’s support. We can gather the support of millions who have a conscience and would rather see a nonviolent resolution to problems” (paragraph

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