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Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez: The Great Voice of the Migrant Worker

Thesis: Through inspirations such as work, the Great Depression, Political reformers, and his social status, Cesar Chavez was able to deliver earth-shattering speeches that would reshape the migrant workers world and leave us with legacies that would redefine the status of the Latino in America.
I. Introduction

II. Biography and shaping forces of Cesar Chavez
A. Work: Migrant worker, dropped after 7th grade to travel from farm to farm with his family.

B. Great Depression: Lost his home, family all family forced to work to make ends meet.

C. Leaders That Shaped the World Peacefully: Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi

D. Social status: lower working class, racial prejudice

III. Predominant arguments and rhetorical/style analysis of Cesar Chavez's writing and arguments
A. Migrant workers should receive better working rights and working conditions for they produced the produce that America fed off of.

B. Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1. Imagery

2. Analogies

C. ``We Must Do Justice.''
1. Juxtaposition

2. Syntax

D. ``The Last Shall be First.''
1. Metaphor/anaphora

2. Statistics

IV. Discussion of the legacies and impacts of Cesar Chavez's rhetoric: analysis and criticism
A. Remembrance: Cesar Chavez Day, ``Si se Puede!'' Agricultural Labor Relations Act,

B. Equality: Better rights for farm workers and migrant workers

C. Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Hall of Fame

D. Foundations: Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, UFW, Cesar Chavez High School, Cesar E.
Chavez Library, parks?

V. Conclusion

VI. Works Cited
VII. Annotated Bibliography

Javier Ortiz
Mr. Klipfel and Mr. Del Rio AP
US History and English Language and Composition Team
12 December 2007
Cesar Chavez: The Great Voice of the Migrant Worker
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