Cesar Chavez's Speech Analysis

He wrote the famous, “I Have a Dream” speech and the “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. Dr. King stood in front of many people and gave his speech, which was created to strike the people’s emotions of how African Americans suffered and why they wanted a change. In contrast, the letter was created to show the reasoning behind wanting a change, because he was writing to his fellow clergymen who said his actions were unwise and untimely. In Dr. King’s speech and letter, he uses rhetorical appeals many times to compel the feelings and reasoning behind the civil rights movement. In Dr. King’s famous speech, “I Have a Dream” he appealed to the audiences’ emotions about the topic of inequality and he proved his logic and reasoning for the Civil Rights movement.

The civil rights movement was a strong topic of discussion in politics during the mid-twentieth century. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement, was assassinated which caused many protests and calls for violence. In Cesar Chavez’s speech, he is telling the people that nonviolence resistance is the best way to go about the situation. Chavez’s uses juxtaposition, diction, and rhetorical appeals to strongly convey his argument about nonviolent resistance. To begin with, Chavez uses juxtaposition to contrast the effects of violent and nonviolent resistance.

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. devastated a large majority of people around the world. His works of nonviolent acts against racism motivated many, including civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, to solve matters without resorting to inhumane behaviors. Inspired by Dr. King Jr.’s work, Chavez and his union of labor workers devoted themselves to helping those in need through peaceful protests. Similar methods are proven to be successful; Mahatma Gandhi, for instance, gained a great deal of supporters because of his pacifism and tranquil methods of boycotting against British domination. Despite brutal and savage methods of persuasion slowly gaining support, Chavez proves that nonviolent actions are superior; he does so by using ethos in order to uphold moral standards, logos (in reference to the past), and pathos to appeal to the emotions of his audience.

Cesar new the fight for these rights was not going to end anytime soon. The most challenging factor in this strike was keeping all the other farm workers fighting for their right as Mexican American farm workers. Some of the supporting men on the strike were starting to resort to the same violence they received from their employers. Cesar devoted this thought from his head as well as the men who came up with it, because he believed that nonviolent actions forced you to be more creative, in other words, it lets you keep control of the offensive, which is highly important in winning any contest, or in this case protest,

In 1962 Chavez created what was called the United Farm Workers of America or the UFW. Cesar Chavez tried many methods that the others that failed didn’t do which was to sacrifice themselves. This a very effective tactic, in 1988 Cesar Chavez did a thirty-six day fast to raise awareness about the dangers of pesticides in the field. This was so bad that at one point he almost died due to the long fast. This brought awareness and many people began to take notice and participate for Cesar’s cause.

Music As Protest Music has been used throughout many wars and conflicts as a way to protest and share the beliefs of people. I choose Creedence Clearwater Revivals song “Fortunate Son”, because this song spoke to the masses during the Vietnam Conflict taking place on the other side of the world. Creedence Clearwater Revival created a song that shared what the many people believed in the United States and helped get their voices heard. “Fortunate Son” shared the true story about majority of the middle and lower class Americans feelings. Vietnam had just gone through a war through 1954 to push France their colonial ruler out.

Persuasion is the act of convincing an individual or a group of people to go toward a specific cause. In Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech, one sees many of the rhetorical techniques Patrick Henry utilized to convey his message. Henry’s development of allusions, repetition, and emotional appeals evoked the members of the Virginia Convention to revolt against the British monarchy. Allusions were a major component in Patrick Henry’s speech that helped get his idea of revolting across to his audience. The colonists were frustrated with the British during this time, and Henry felt as if they were “betrayed by a kiss.” This kiss alluded to the kiss Jesus received from Judas, the disciple who betrayed him.

Even before Martin Luther King Jr.’s timeline, America has gone through many changes that lead to events that shaped King’s world and the people around him. In his work he references those civil right movements that took place before his timeline so that he can further prove his motivation to remove segregation between the races. In the excerpt of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” King references boycotting segregated bus companies’ years prior to king writing the letter. For example, on paragraph 8 it states “...who rose up with a sense of dignity and with her people decided not to ride segregated buses,” This line the reference is brought up to show the sacrifices people made in order to bring down the oppressors that made it harder for African-Americans

Today, however, the conditions are starting to improve. People who read this story by Gordon Parks will most likely start to appreciate the things they have. Flavio had appalling health conditions. First of all, his body was frail and weak, making it nearly impossible to develop naturally. This was mainly due to the malnourishment that almost all the children there suffered from.

The use of repetition, allusion, and diction solidify and strengthen his speech. Authors usually use repetition to hint at a main idea or to get the audience really thinking about the word, phrase, or idea they repeat. “All dreaded it, all sought to avert it.” At this point in time Lincoln is speaking to an audience of people affected by civil war. Brothers fighting brothers. By repeating “all” Lincoln brings a sense of unity to his audience.

During and after the World War II, United States government realized that the influence of communism as a serious problem which was penetrated in the country. The communists were identified as their fellow employees and members in Universities, factories, businesses and also in churches. The government created the Loyalty Review Board to verify the loyalty of all government workers and tried to control the fear of Americans. The fear of the ‘red menace,’ or communism spread among the citizens is known as Red Scare. Based on the threat of communism, the restriction of civil liberties was done by not only federal government but also the state and local governments in the nation.

In Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. King addresses his fellow peers for calling his protest ending segregation “unwise & untimely”. King hopes to clarify their actions in this letter. Dr. King couldn’t remain mutual while in other places across the United States horrendous segregation acts were taking place. He said, “Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly”. Like many before him, he too felt the need to help his fellow brothers and sisters’ fight for their cause.

As a result, the media plays such an important role in helping us understand and in showing how some scandals are very specific to time, place, and culture which is why people react differently to them. To begin, Barry served as the second Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. During the time he was mayor he helped many who struggled after the riot of 1968. He advocated controlling white supremacy, but his leadership tendencies declined as he was exposed to sex and drugs creating his whole career to be marked as a sandal. Yet, despite destroying his reputation, his charismatic

Swift’s A Modest Proposal Timothy Blackman Strayer University In reading the article you first have to gather some type of idea what he was talking about. I understand in society we all see a lot of people that are probably considered or labeled undesirables. I spent time trying to figure out if he was ranting about the homeless kids or he was just upset. He also then talks about abortions, which is always a debate for everyone. He later talks about trying to sell children until someone corrects him.

They are able to manipulate us and make us believe that we should take part in things due to the fact that its broadcasted and most people believe everything they here. They also supported the fact that racism is still at an all-time high because the majority of our senior citizens where alive when racism was a big factor in everyday life. Having power we see makes a tremendous difference and how money can influence people to agree with you. One example that I can think of off the top of my mind is Martin Luther King’s marches and how black supporters would get paid to disrupt his marches and make him seem like the bad guy when MLK was all about being peaceful and having peaceful