Eventually, Gandhi helped India win their independence from Great Britain (bibliography.com) all because 1 man took a stand and wrote his thoughts on what he believed was unjust and what was not. Martin Luther King Jr. also took a stand on a belief of something being unjust and he highly looked up to Gandhi. Although Martin Luther King Jr. focused more on what the Bible had to say he too had read “Civil Disobedience” (The Power of Peace) which assisted with his non-violent march throughout the south in hopes of obtaining the freedom of…
Civil disobedience is defined as members of a community choosing to actively disobey laws in protest of a cause. As proponents of civil disobedience, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi advocated for those following their causes to complete acts disregarding unjust laws put in place to draw attention to their separate causes. This method of fighting for a cause emphasizes understanding of the necessity for change, that people are actively defying the law to draw attention to the unfair systems in place. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used this to promote his movement of racial equality as compared with Gandhi’s movement for the separation of India from Britain. Both of their similar philosophies resulted in a degree of success, “the peaceful…
Gandhi states that while violence could repeal the laws,it is not right and while one can disobey laws, as long as he or she is non-violent. Referring to the British laws,Gandhi states,” It is contrary to our manhood if we obey laws repugnant to our conscience. ”Document B:Mohandas Gandhi on Passive Resistance. By saying, that he or she should not obey laws against his or her conscience,a belief one hold’s, one must disobey this unjust law. Based on Gandhi’s beliefs of justice, this allows his followers to not follow these laws because they are not the truth.…
Gandhi set an example for world peace, while later generations try to not let history repeat itself with the actions taken by Hitler. For example, Ghandi’s Salt March drew worldwide attention and helped advance Indian efforts for independence (Doc 1). Ghandi says “The reason for the struggle having drawn the attention of the world, I know does not lie in the fact that we Indians are fighting for our liberty, but in the fact … as far as history shows us, have not been adopted by any other people of whom we have any record. The means adopted are not violence … they are purely and simply truth and nonviolence (Doc 2). The actions used to raise support and achieve independence was peace, not violence.…
In Document 1, Gandhi writes a letter to an English governor and Gandhi asserts that, “ Even the salt [ the peasant] must use to live is so taxed as to make the burden fall heaviest on him.” This statement implies the racism and inequality the British put on Gandhi’s people. Thus, in order to retaliate against the British Gandhi would protest constantly, and peacefully, to stop and spread awareness about the harmful acts of the British. Likewise, in Document 7, Gandhi found out that his supporters were, “sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor…” This illustrates the influence that Gandhi put through his work and therefore spreading his ways and succeeding.…
“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” This quote has been said by Mahatma Gandhi when he used non-violent protests in order to free India from Great Britain in the 1930’s. Many have followed his ways, including an important figure in civil rights history, Doctor Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. King, who not only followed many of Gandhi’s beliefs, but also dealt with racism and segregation throughout the 1960’s., but he has always responded with non-violent direct actions against these ideas in order to desegregate the South. In one of these non-violent protests, in the town of Birmingham, Alabama, many of his followers were beaten and jailed including himself.…
Mahatma Gandhi and Osama Bin Laden, Polar Opposites Two very influential leaders in their times, both leaders had goals of driving out foreign influence from their nations. But this is the only thing they have in common, as both employed drastically different methods of achieving this. Through non-violence or Ahimsa, Gandhi achieved independence for India without dealing a single blow, while Bin Laden relied mostly on violence, or Jihad, and fear to drive western influence out of the Middle East, leaving a path of destruction across the globe.…
As I mentioned earlier, Gandhi was known for his theory of using non-violence to get what you wanted. He was able to get people to follow his belief of “Satyagraha”. This was what Gandhi referred to as soul-force. He preached that violence would only make matters worst. Unjust rules should never be accepted in his eyes, being that every law is not just.…
Gandhi was a Hindu and believed nonviolence was the highest virtue of life and was only attained at the end of a prolonged spiritual practice. When writing to Lord Irwin, he expresses how he could never intentionally hurt anything that lives even if someone does the greatest wrong upon him…
Many people claim that laws are made for a reason and that rebellious people cause violence and an outbreak in the government, but Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement, led an army of people and fought the government peacefully. He used a tactic called passive resistance, a nonviolent opposition to authority. One…
Let’s take a step out of the country, across the Pacific Ocean, trudge against the waves of the Philippine Sea, sidestep through the gulf of Thailand and enter the Bay of Bengal and march north until you touch Indian soil. Now bolt through time to the Indian revolution when British colonial oppression mimicked the oppression in the colonies, when a man was beaten for refusing to give up his seat for a European. Step into that time, when thousands trekked 241 miles to the Arabian Sea, protesting British monopoly on salt, which squeezed the pockets of the poor. The salt march resulted in over 60,000 arrests including their leader Mohandas Gandhi. Gandhi had been a leader in civil disobedience and avid participant.…
Congressman Lewis’s graphic memoir March Book One and March Book Two, by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, expresses the importance and effectiveness of nonviolent activism against the white privileged society. Violent acts such as terrorism, wars and physical abuse in history has debilitated the citizens economic, political, and mental circumstances of society as whole. African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement have proven that forms of nonviolent activism is effective to fight injustices and to achieve basic human rights. In March Book One, and March Book Two, both highlight the effectiveness of nonviolent activism by singing in jails, protesting to not pay jail bail, and to send young children for protesting against racial inequality…
Based on the "form Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin" by Gandhi, Gandhi expressed "My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India. " This shows Gandhi want the British people to think about all the violence they have done to India and that they need to use non-violence. Another Furthermore on lines 39-42, Gandhi expressed "Many think that non-violence is not an active force. It is my purpose to set in motion that force as well against the organized violent force of the British rule as the unorganized violence force of the growing part of violence. " This shows that Gandhi's purpose is to make the British people to understand that non-violence is an active force that can help in different ways.…
Non-violence Under the Right Conditions There are many people who consider non-violent protest to be ineffective and they have a point. Many recent non-violent protests have either been stifled quickly or have had such little support that they just faded away. However, under certain circumstances non-violent resistance can be very effective and even successful; on the other hand, if these circumstances do not present themselves then the resistance will probably fail. If it was the authoritarian body, or military force that was being violent to the peaceful protestors then the resistance would surely gain much needed momentum and recognition.…
A.) Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that civil disobedience is the right protest to get your point across. I made this my specific purpose because I believe that violent protest distracts what is really going on. In other words people are so focus on being violent than actually accomplishing what they believe in. I am a strong believe that violence is not the key to do things when it comes to protest..…