The writings of Thoreau and Gandhi asks us to think about what is right and wrong? Between Thoreau and Gandhi, they both agree with the concept of civil disobedience. Gandhi acts it out and puts it to practice, while David Thoreau writes why civil disobedience is justice and is ok in certain and unfair situations.
Britain’s Salt Acts banned Indians from collecting or selling salt, a huge part of Indian lifestyle. The people of India were forced to buy salt from the British, who put a heavy salt tax on it. India’s poor suffered most under the tax. Going against the Salt Acts, Gandhi made easy, ways for Indians to break a British law without violent force. (Gandhi) This is a great example of Gandhi putting Thoreau’s writings to practice. The …show more content…
Gandhi is sitting on a train doing nothing wrong, but sitting in his assigned seat that he purchased, a first class seat. Being an Indian man during this time period sitting in first class raised some flags for people on the train. The scene portrays Gandhi being asked to move to the coach section of the train or really any other lower class than first. Being a very opinionated lawyer who knows his rights, Gandhi questioned it and tells them that he will not move from his seat. He bought his first class ticket and will sit in first class. After refusing to move Gandhi is thrown from the train. (Gandhi) I think this event of unjust laws played a part in sparking Gandhi's fire to do the things he did throughout his lifetime and change the laws and have his people live fair and just lives like any other person, british or not. In the writings of David Thoreau, David Thoreau states that “Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law” (Thoreau) To me David Thoreau uses the word “obligation” because it's almost that an unjust law must be broken and put to rest so that the unair law will never have to happen again and also, standing up for the unfairness of a law will relatively get rid of if there are enough people behind it or are affected by its
Britain’s Salt Acts banned Indians from collecting or selling salt, a huge part of Indian lifestyle. The people of India were forced to buy salt from the British, who put a heavy salt tax on it. India’s poor suffered most under the tax. Going against the Salt Acts, Gandhi made easy, ways for Indians to break a British law without violent force. (Gandhi) This is a great example of Gandhi putting Thoreau’s writings to practice. The …show more content…
Gandhi is sitting on a train doing nothing wrong, but sitting in his assigned seat that he purchased, a first class seat. Being an Indian man during this time period sitting in first class raised some flags for people on the train. The scene portrays Gandhi being asked to move to the coach section of the train or really any other lower class than first. Being a very opinionated lawyer who knows his rights, Gandhi questioned it and tells them that he will not move from his seat. He bought his first class ticket and will sit in first class. After refusing to move Gandhi is thrown from the train. (Gandhi) I think this event of unjust laws played a part in sparking Gandhi's fire to do the things he did throughout his lifetime and change the laws and have his people live fair and just lives like any other person, british or not. In the writings of David Thoreau, David Thoreau states that “Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law” (Thoreau) To me David Thoreau uses the word “obligation” because it's almost that an unjust law must be broken and put to rest so that the unair law will never have to happen again and also, standing up for the unfairness of a law will relatively get rid of if there are enough people behind it or are affected by its