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Oscar Romero

The death ofher truly meant certain death to a part of him. Both his religious and social walls had been knockeddown by the government and he was becoming continually frustrated and fed-up at this point. Whenhe was stripped in the village it is suitable to compare him to Jesus Christ. It is in the bible where too,Jesus is stripped of his clothing in public in order to embarrass and ridicule him in front of his followersand tyrants. They both fought for their beliefs and in the end won. Although, both lost their lives,we try to continually preach their messages and in doing are living their memory. I think when he made the quote, Peace is not the product of fear. Peace is not the silence ofcemeteries. . ., on January 8, 1978, he is proclaiming the real core of what his whole crusade againstinjustice is all about. He goes on to talk about how we must all give to the action of making peace inorder for it to be peaceful for all. He talks about how peace is giving to one another and peace isdynamic. Which means peace is alive, peace is vigorous and it is inside all of us, we just need to give itto each other. Romero soon became the voice of El Salvador. His words and actions crossedinternational borders. But as he spoke it became harder for the government to terrorize and torturein the watchful eyes of the world. On March 24, 1980, in a small chapel as he was performing mass, Romero was struck from theback of the church by a gunshot straight to the chest, killing him instantly. This deeply saddened thepeaceful activists in El Savador and people, still today, try to live on and bring his hopes to reality. His life was taken, but his voice cannot be silenced.Personal ParagraphI think it was a true tragedy that his life was taken but it certainly wasnt a wasted life. Hebrought such hope and help to his chaotic country. I think the biggest tribute to Archbishop Romerois to compare him to Jesus. They still live in our he...

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