Archbishop Oscar Romero

Chavez then follows with the impact, or effect, of nonviolence, “ we attract people's support. We can gather the support of millions who have a conscience and would rather see a nonviolent resolution to problems” (Chavez, Paragraph 5). Showing the contrast between violence and

By teaching the ignorant mass opinions that there is different types of people in the world or not categorizing. He believed if prejudice were to be eliminated everyone would be forced to have the same beliefs or the same as the person in authority.

In the speech your could actually see his face and see his different expressions and emotions, you could also hear the different tones of voice that he used when talking about different things. During the speech he said a lot of meaningful things, I like when he said, “Indifference, after all, is more dangerous than anger and hatred. Anger can at times be creative. One writes a great poem, a great symphony, one does something special for the sake of humanity because one is angry at the injustice that one witnesses. But indifference is never creative. Even hatred at times may elicit a response. You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it. Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response.” I think that a lot of people can take this message in very different ways, but his is his opinion and this is what he thinks, and he is trying to get his point across to everybody in that room. When he is speaking he is speaking in his own opinion he doesn’t care what other people think, this is his opinion and he wants other people to try and see in his point of view even if only for just a short time. I think that even though this is what he is thinking he still connected with a lot of other people, he made big connections, even world-wide connections. Also when speaking it is easier to get your point across to the people instead of having to write a book about it, it’s way

He has never pictured himself as an individual, who is unique from his brothers. Every idea must be shared by the entire community for it to be considered valid. In chapter 7, Solidarity 8-1164 says, “Many men in the Homes of the Scholars have had strange new ideas in the past… but when the majority of their brother Scholars voted against them, they abandoned their ideas, as all men must” (7.41, Rand). Essentially, decision-making is banned unless everyone’s opinion is the same. Thus, he begins to realize the worth of his ideas and that his mind, alone, is very powerful. In the text, he states, “It is my mind which thinks, and the judgment of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect” (11.4, Rand). He weeps as a result of reading the passage because this is his first time that he is capable of defining himself as an individual. Never in his life was he able to freely and righteously choose his

In one of his main points when he tries to convince the audience that they must fight Britain, he states, “I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!” in order to draw out an emotional response of anger or courage to want to fight the British. He also says at the end one of his most famous quotes which is “Forbid it, Almighty God! I know now what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” which is an extremely powerful sentence that made a huge impact on the people in the room with him and is well known even today for its strong emotional appeal. Same as the first he is trying to receive a response of rebellion, anger, courage, and most importantly a passion for his cause and the chance of their

Óscar Romero was a Roman Catholic priest that stood up for the poor and injustice in the troubled nation of El Salvador. In the early stages of his life, Romero had entered a boarding school for priests at the age of thirteen. Then he went to the national boarding school in San Salvador. He finished his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, and was appointed a priest in Rome in 1942. Although Romero wanted to acquire a doctorate in theology, he had to go home to El Salvador in 1944 due to a lack of priests. He initially served as pastor, but because of his outstanding talent, he was marked for greater responsibilities. In 1970, he became the auxiliary bishop for San Salvador. As Romero began to rise as a notable Catholic bishop, a

During the 1970’s and 80’s the El Salvadorian public experienced a brutal campaign of repression by the military government, which claimed thousands of lives. The leader of the church, Oscar Romero began to speak out on behalf of the victims and on the 23rd of March 1980, he made a

Laborers all over America are, even today, feeling the effects of Chavez’s activism. He helped to spread awareness of the injustices and unfair treatment felt by the working class.

Cesar Chavez’s big thing according to the article “Cesar Chavez: “The Mexican-American and the Church” are all about getting Mexican-American catholic churches, which is cool and all, but it how does that help his people, and

In it he spoke of the wrongness of slavery and of many thoughts on government. But if there was anything that occupied him the most, it was the opposing of slavery and its effect on society and people. He could oppose it because he knew how to write about it and read about it. His desire to learn served him well in this.

His appearance combined with the time and place he lived in made many things in his life difficult to accomplish but it also made him, Oscar Zeta Acosta, a strong and honorable man. Starting with the fact that there was a lot of racism, drugs and violence going on while he was growing up. Violence especially was a big issue. In those days, firearms were owned by anyone who either had the money or knew a way to get it and most of the times they fell into the wrong hands.

He also believes in nonviolence. I know this because instead of having a physical fight with the vineyard owners Cesar arranged a walk. He and 67 others started. This was rough but as soon as people knew what was happening more and more people were helping them out. He also cared about others.

ignored in his country of El Salvador. He took it upon himself to use the church as a light of hope to

Some people on Earth seek to see the change they would like to see in the world. Archbishop Oscar Romero was one of those people and his heroic actions and his attempt for standing up for the people of El Salvador made a big impact in the world. Throughout Romero’s life his views were changed based on the political climate of El Salvador and the well-being of the por campesino people that lived there. Romero’s view of the people of El Salvador and their conflict with the government and radical communist groups was converted from safely supporting the military to taking a chance and standing up for the campesinos of El Salvador. Romero witnessed the harsh oppression of the poor campesinos by the government and he knew what they were doing was not right.

Romero made a really important decision when he decided to help out the poor because he now became an enemy against the government. Romero grew immensely throughout the entire movie, his love for the people and his conscience (soul, ego) grew as well. Our notes tell us that love requires work it is not just a feeling you have. Romero did a lot work to find his love; he also made a lot of sacrifices. Some of the sacrifices that Romero made were, going into the church when it was taken over by the military Romero still went in knowing that he may be killed, but I think the biggest sacrifice that Romero gave his people was that he gave up his life so that maybe someday they could be free. This resembles Jesus very much, because Jesus gave up his life so that all of our sins would be taken away. Romero is a very brave man for doing this, I don’t know many people who would give their lives up so others could be free this is a very non-selfish act. In my opinion there should be more people like this on the earth because there are so many problems that the world has to deal with in this day of age. I think that Oscar Anglo Romero y Glades was a great man for dieing for something that he truly believed in. Romero may have hesitated for a while on what to do, but in the long run what he did to help out the country of El Salvador was a major impact for the government to change. I wish there were more people