Reflection of Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu. But as we can see in the movie he says he is also a jew, a christian and a muslim, but what was very important is the way he used the religion to change India and the rest of the world. Gandhi was born from Hindu parents in the town of Porbrandar, India on October 2nd, 1869. Gandhi said in the movie that when he was a child in the temple he went to the holy man would read from the Qur'an and the Bhagavad Gita. This influenced his belief that Hinduism encompasses all religions. This belief led Gandhi to fight for the independence form Great Britain and the unification of India and Pakistan, because he believed that Hindus and Muslims could live peacefully in the same country. So as a result of the making of Pakistan, Gandhi thought of it as one of his failures. Gandhi also strongly believed, as a result of his belief , that non-violent cooperation was the best and only option that India had to defeat the British rule. He told his followers to fight against the British without using violence. In the end, his plan worked, and India was granted Independence on August 15th, 1947. After independence, fighting started to rise out between the Muslims and the Hindus. Gandhi threatened to fast to the death unless the fighting completely ceased. This nonviolent technique was extremely effective, some don’t agree with that outright violence is more ethical than the "moral blackmail" technique that Gandhi often used to obtain what he thought was best for the Indian nation. And I think that because of the way Gandhi tacked his problems down was what made him so remarkable.
The quote, "A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act." is a great example of Ghandi because he sacrificed himself by fasting. He offers himself for peace. It was a act that led many people to move forward, but later on into a unfortunate civil war.
