Analysis Of Johanna Mcgeary's Article Person Of The Century

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Johanna McGeary in the article, Person of the Century: Mohandas Gandhi (1999), explains that Hanhi is an insightful , swise and influential person and is greater than the average person based on intellect. McGeary supports her argument by demonstrating that he travelled to England to become a lawyer, and he studied the Bible and Bhagavad-Gita. This taught him about morals and ethics which led to him fighting for social justice in India. The author’s purpose is to show that Gandhi is a saint and moral icon in order to show how intelligent and morally good he is and why he is the person of the century. The author writes in formal tone to readers of Time

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