Gandhi, world leader, prison inmate, pacifist, lawyer. This man started a non-violent movement in India, against that of British rule in the area. How did it work, though? How did one man, who could probably be picked up and carried by the average British soldier manage to diffuse the greatest Empire man had known at the time? This was because of two simple reasons: that to the end he chose to be peaceful, (which showed the wrongness of the British rule), and that he was influential, persuasive even to his people and the British.
First off, Gandhi was peaceful in his endeavors when it came to Indian independence. Gandhi even goes so far to address Lord Erwin, as his own friend (Document A). Afterward he continues to say that he doesn’t …show more content…
Not like “monkey see, monkey do.” No, this man was so influential that even when he was in prison, his cause, his fight went on. In the first line of his letter, (from jail!) he addresses how he knows of the India prisoners that had been protesting (Document C). This shows how no matter where he was, three thousand miles away, dead, or in a jail he managed to be an influence on his people. Gandhi shows that he came tame the king of the Jungle, and go so much as to sit on him (Document D). The lion doesn’t care, no he smiles at the presence of Gandhi, and welcomes a friend. Both documents show how exactly he managed to persuade both his people and the British that his cause was righteous. This shows that his non-violent cause worked simply because of the fact that he and his message was powerful to his people and the British as well. Both documents show that Gandhi’s non-violence also worked because of the fact that every leader wins a war simply because of his people. What is a battle without the people to fight in it? Document C showed that his people believed in his cause, and with that belief his cause went on, and therefore went on working. Document D showed the very fact that it did work, that even the British were persuaded by the cause. That’s the final reason why it
First off, Gandhi was peaceful in his endeavors when it came to Indian independence. Gandhi even goes so far to address Lord Erwin, as his own friend (Document A). Afterward he continues to say that he doesn’t …show more content…
Not like “monkey see, monkey do.” No, this man was so influential that even when he was in prison, his cause, his fight went on. In the first line of his letter, (from jail!) he addresses how he knows of the India prisoners that had been protesting (Document C). This shows how no matter where he was, three thousand miles away, dead, or in a jail he managed to be an influence on his people. Gandhi shows that he came tame the king of the Jungle, and go so much as to sit on him (Document D). The lion doesn’t care, no he smiles at the presence of Gandhi, and welcomes a friend. Both documents show how exactly he managed to persuade both his people and the British that his cause was righteous. This shows that his non-violent cause worked simply because of the fact that he and his message was powerful to his people and the British as well. Both documents show that Gandhi’s non-violence also worked because of the fact that every leader wins a war simply because of his people. What is a battle without the people to fight in it? Document C showed that his people believed in his cause, and with that belief his cause went on, and therefore went on working. Document D showed the very fact that it did work, that even the British were persuaded by the cause. That’s the final reason why it