Your Choice Nonviolence or Nonexsistence
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Your Choice: Nonviolence or Nonexistence?
Dating back to the beginning of man's existence, violence has been an unfortunate way of life. There are crimes, murders, riots, terrorism, and hate; all of the world's chaotic ugliness muddled together in a huge mass of never-ending suffering. There are advocates that believe these violent acts to be necessary in order to get a point across and to prove strength. In opposition, there are people that believe that nonviolence is ideal for getting ahead and that violence is not the answer to life's difficulties. Martin Luther King Jr. shares his journey to nonviolent beliefs in his essay, "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence." King proves to be a firm believer of passive resistance as he shares examples of violent acts that were preformed to hurt both he and his family. He writes in this essay of how he overcame these obstacles in nonviolent ways. King is an obvious supporter of nonviolence while George Orwell in his essay, "Shooting an Elephant," portrays himself to be a nonviolent person who performs a violent act to appease the natives of his country...