The tenth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s death was a spark to another fight for equality, still ten years later Cesar Chevez goes on to write a compelling article about how our lives have not really changed since Martin Luther King gave his infamous speech. There is still so much violence going on among all people, but black people are still getting the worse end of the stick. Violence is escalating to so many new heights now for people that one of two things often happens, either there will be a lot of injuries and sometimes death on both sides, or the workers will be completely demoralized. Many people would have thought that the violence would have stopped after Martin’s speech but if anything it seems like it got worse. Yet Cesar goes onto write,”For every violent act committed against us, we respond with nonviolence, we attract people’s support.” This small quote helps gives readers an …show more content…
People still kept pushing through no matter the cost and what they lost it was too important to them to stop now, “However important the struggle is and however much misery, poverty, and exploitation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one human life.” This goes on with the fact that people are tired of so many supporters giving up because of their opponents being too stubborn. Cesar does a great job of showing that in the text, and also has many great ways of getting people to be on his side of the debate. He is able to do this because he is such a powerful and motivational speaker that it makes it rather difficult to argue against his point, instead you end up aggreeing with him and are on his side in the long run. Chavez’s speeches are compelling, and also he is able to draw he audiences in closer by pulling on the heart strings relating his view to their personal lives and how they would feel using violence against others for what