Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Gandhi was a very important man who leaded his country into gaining independence from Great Britain. But his way was different from many others. He did not believe in war nor did he believe in violence. He didn't believe in doing crazy things to get attention. His way of fighting was by using non violence so in turn it made Great Britain look bad. Gandhi also started creating his own products, i.e weaving his own cloth, creating his own salt, using food only made by them, etc. By doing this he was putting Great Britain into debt because his followers stopped buying their products. This was a very interesting way of protesting because Great Britain could do absolutely nothing about it. But not everything was always non violence. Some people felt as though they had a right to use violence if violence was used on them. But when this happened, Gandhi would fast. He would fast until all violence stopped. This man would literally lose his life to fight for the independence of him, his people, and his country. I honestly think that India would've gained their independence but not as quickly as they would've without Gandhi. He was a very big influence in that and this is why many people still honor and respect him today. While Gandhi was fighting for their independence, Great Britain had troubles of their own and I believe that with all the problems Gandhi caused them as well they ultimately gave up because they had to start focusing on their own country.