Rhetorical Analysis Of Cesar Chavez

Hardened by life as a migrant worker being discriminated and suffering corrupt labor organizations, Cesar Chavez decided to promote the most efficient strategy to revolt against the cruel conditions that labor unions bestowed upon workers - nonviolence. With the inspiration of peaceful movements in the past, the civil rights leader expressed the importance of resisting violence in order to overcome the oppression. Many may have been under the impression that Chavez’s strategy wasn’t reliable, but he was able to address their uncertainty in an article of a religious magazine through his brilliant use of compare and contrast, reference to experts, along with personal pronouns to settle the dispute of how following his nonviolent strategy is ultimately the better route to take if the farmworkers want to retrieve their deserved rights. Utilizing personal …show more content…
Despite the cruelty that Chavez emphasizes his understanding of, he wants to assure his audience’s acknowledgement of the fact that “nonviolence is more powerful than violence”(12) in order to avoid major setbacks. Without their recognition of this doctrine, it’s possible that they can backtrack from the progress they've made if they resort to violence. Chavez uses the pronoun “we” numerously, which establishes a connection with the audience and allows them to feel together as a whole. When he uses this pronoun, he shows that he considers both himself and his audience. He persuades his audience to feel that “[w]e are convinced”(27), embedding in their minds that the farmworkers share a similar mentality, including him. Chavez deepens the connection when he refers to his audience as “you”