Violent Protest And Nonviolent Protest Essay

A.) Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that civil disobedience is the right protest to get your point across. I made this my specific purpose because I believe that violent protest distracts what is really going on. In other words people are so focus on being violent than actually accomplishing what they believe in. I am a strong believe that violence is not the key to do things when it comes to protest.. Nonviolent protest shows your support but like violent protest it doesn’t always accomplish anything. It just shows your beliefs but it seems like nothing comes out of it.
B.) Central Idea: The difference between three different kinds of protest - violent protest, nonviolent protest, civil disobedience.
C.) The questions I asked: Do you agree or disagree that violent protest is the right way to protest?, Will the enforcement of consequences have an effect on violent protests in the future? Will this lead to more civil protests? Explain your answer, Do you know the difference between violent protest, civil disobedience, and nonviolent protest? Explain your answer, …show more content…
I am doing this because the students who answered my questions said they only knew about more about violent protest. I am going to use multiple examples of civil disobedience so the audience can grasp what it means. One of the examples I will be using is from an episode of the Sweet Life of Zack and Cody, Zack and Cody get stand in front of a bulldozer because a tree was going to be plowed down. I will be using a source that talks about how a famous actress uses civil disobedience to support her beliefs about the pipeline. A good example I can use about nonviolent protest is what Colin Kaepernick. Him kneeling during the national anthem is a use of nonviolent protest. I can use one of my sources talking about how nonviolent protest is more effective than violent