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    as a morally and strategically superior method to bring about change is first seen in Document 1. Document 1 is a letter from Mohandas Gandhi to the English governor in India where Gandhi explains why he plans to use non-violence and how doing so will make British recognize the “wrong they have done to India,” (Doc 1/ Letter to Irwin). Also in the document, Gandhi points out that the physical harming of a peaceful entity violates the morals of nearly every civilization around the Globe. This…

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    Non-conformists Mahatma Gandhi once said “Be the change that you want to see in the world” (Gandhi). If there is a single quote that can summarize the idea of going against the status quo this is that quote. The phrase “Be the change” suggests that someone as an individual must go against the norm in order to make a difference. Gandhi saw problem in the world he lived in and instead of doing nothing in order to stay out of trouble he made himself stand out. He spoke out when nobody else would…

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    Mahatma Gandhi were very different men who led very different lives. These men both had a large impact on the world in such dissimilar ways. Mahatma Gandhi was a pacifist and a supporter of peace and compassion; Osama Bin Laden was an extreme militant and an advocate for war and intolerance. Gandhi was the primary leader in India’s independence movement. He was a small man that had a great heart, and when people saw this they felt the need to follow his aspirations. Gandhi led…

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    Gandhi's Assassination

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    Gandhi begins with Gandhi’s assassination in 1948. Following his assassination, the state funeral he had in his honor is shown. The movie then goes back in time to 1893 when a young Gandhi is riding on a train. Despite being a Western-educated attorney, the conductor kicks him off for being “colored”. He and another fellow Indian then protest by burning travel passports that all Indians had to carry. Gandhi is then arrested. Soon, newly enacted laws were passed the breached Indian civil rights.…

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    Throughout his life Mahatma Gandhi transformed a social movement during British Imperialism. He enforced the ideas of non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “ Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of a man.”…

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    Gandhi Writing Prompt

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    Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi Writing Prompt Where there is love there is life.You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. - Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was a man with divine wisdom, he changed the way we think of peace and the idea of equality among the world. Gandhi was a man who envisioned a world without war or violence. He has sought out discrimination and has come the closest to correcting it. The author of…

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    between sanskrit and hindi with the meaning of ‘holding on to the truth’ was coined by Mahatma Gandhi. The well-known face of a revolutionary method of non-violent protests, Gandhi exercised his knowledge in Ahimsa, the Buddhist practice of nonviolence to defy the beginnings of a conventional coup de grace and instead, becoming a part of the leadership to find a peace that no one had ever sought before. Gandhi set out to free India from the cruel reins of British control. The success of this…

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    On 10 December 2014, Malala gave her Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway. According to Malala, the award is not only for her, but also for those “voiceless children” (Yousafzai), who don’t receive education. Malala is from Swat, Pakistan. Her name was inspired by “Malalai of Maiwand, who is the Pashtun Joan of Arc” (Yousafzai), and Malala means “grief stricken, sad.”(Yousafzai) She is the first Pashtun and the youngest Pakistani to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She and Kailash…

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    through one 's deeds, words, and thoughts. One such example is a man who humbled himself in that such idea- Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi 's life and thought was a continuing process of evolution, an empirical testing and correcting as he translated his thoughts into action through his premise often known as experimental truth; that is, learning what 's around you through trial and error. Gandhi insisted on the harmony and unity…

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    The “great soul,” Mahatma Gandhi was a man of honor. He was a man that proved that it only takes one to change the world. Overcoming countless challenges Gandhi lived a hard, selfless life. His entire life was dedicated to his people, whom he constantly tried to gain freedom for. Gandhi lived to the tender age of 79, when he was assassinated in 1948. The entire world mourned over the death of this significant man and still remember him today. Gandhi lived his whole childhood in an…

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