Mahatmas Gandhi and Maximilien Robespierre were two revolutionary leaders who were seeking for religious change. Both nationalist, or person who advocates political independence for a country, handled these revolutions in different ways ,one using nonviolence and one using terror. Also both leaders expected different rewards in conclusion of their protests.…
King Kamehameha was the man who unified all of Hawaii and settled it under his rule. He was not in line to be the next chief of a kingdom, but by 1810, he conquered all of the Hawaiian islands. Using his intelligence, kindness, beliefs, power, and his resources he became a strong and effective leader. Mohandas Gandhi (Gandhi), the leader of a nationalist movement against the British rule of India (Encyclopedia Britannica), did what he thought was right. Just like the leader Hawaii has to thank today, Gandhi used his beliefs and intelligence to gain the independence of India. Both leaders worked hard for what they wanted and the two are seen as effective leaders today.…
While Gandhi had a more peaceful and nonviolent way of defying the government and trying to equalize all the social classes,…
He lead the united farm workers of America for 31 years. He helped farmers live a better life and give more rights to latinos. Since America was unfair to all people that have darker skin. Mahatma Gandhi wanted to free India from Great Britain. He set up marches in protest. In 1947 he finally freed India from the british. Later he ended violence between Muslims and India.…
Gandhi (6.06, 8.05): was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. , Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. protesting for more than 20 years for India's independence from British rule. Finally, after World War II, Britain agreed to grant this independence. However, the Muslim league in India wanted the nation to be partitioned along religious lines into…
Henry David Thoreau once stated in Civil Disobedience “I was not born to be forced. Let us see who is the strongest. What force had multitude? Thoreau, the father of Transcendentalism, would have never predicted the events that would take place because of Hitler, nearly a century later, the way Hitler took what he wanted and did not care what people he affected. Both Hitler and Thoreau have one thing in common, they are willing to fight for what they believe, but how they differ is their methods. If Adolf Hitler and Henry Thoreau had worked together, Thoreau’s beliefs in Civil disobedience and individuality through simplicity would have transformed the way that Hitler used totalitarism methods during his reign as leader of Germany.…
Both Thoreau and King rely heavily on ethos to get their points across. The intended audience of both is similar; a group of people with similar morals as the writers, but who have neglected action for various reasons. King also appeals to pathos, describing the plight of the colored man vividly. King’s audience is largely aware of this situation already, but he uses it to drive them to action rather than simple awareness. On the other hand, Thoreau appeals little to pathos, focusing instead on logic and ethics.…
He began writing poems in the 1840’s. For example, he wrote the poem: Prayer, The Moon, Smoke, [conscience], Low Anchored Cloud, [Mist] etc.…
Mohandas Gandhi launched a policy of nonviolent noncooperation against the British following the Massacre at Amritsar in 1919 (Boss, 2012). He used his moral outrage guided by reason to effect change in the cultural norms of India and ultimately helped India gain independence in 1947. Gandhi’s efforts have greatly impacted social and political reform, and have influenced later civil rights movements.…
Gandhi was the leader of the Indian Independence movement in British ruled India. He resisted the government by using non-violent disobedience. You must keep in mind that the system that he lived in(British ruled India) was very organized and it was very hard to resist the governments laws. He used one of the most effective methods of gathering the people and controlling them to his will. For example when the people made revolts against the British government Gandhi would starve himself to get them to listen because the people really cared about him. This method can only work if the people really care about you. At 5:17 PM on 30 January 1948 Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the garden of the Birla house. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi challenged the British government by ignoring the salt tax with a 400 km Salt…
Gandhi worked as a global non-violence leader for many years of his life. He used methods of non-violence to attempt to gain independence for India. India had always been a colony of Great Britain, but as its economy and population continued to boom, the movement for independence did as well. Gandhi became a leader for this movement. He helped ease tensions that could have erupted into severe violence, violence that could cause…
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, one of the worlds most preeminent leaders of the Indian Independence, will forever be known as one of the greatest leaders this world has ever seen. Gandhi's determination to fight for his country has impacted others leading to many outbursts worldwide. Gandhi put forth his life in order to gain India their independence in which was being deprived by the British. India's inferiority in its education, in comparison to the British, motivated Gandhi to fight for his Indian Independence from colonialism causing uprisings to come about in order to bring freedom to his country.…
Writers throughout history have turned to a vast array of things for inspiration in their works. The Transcendentalist writers of the 1800s turned to nature in order to discover the higher truths of the world around them. By turning to nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau came to teach others how to improve their lives by refusing to conform, expressing integrity of mind, and pursuing one’s dreams. These ideas changed many people’s understanding of the world and continue to do so today. Even though they lived 150 years ago, Emerson and Thoreau’s teachings continue to thrive in the lives of many people such as Ray Charles, Alecia Moore (P!nk), and Stephen Hawking.…
He became the leading figure in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi was imprisoned several times. He undertook a number of hunger strikes to protest the oppression of India’s poorest classes, among other injustices. He continued to work for peace between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi was later shot to death in Delhi in January 1948 by a Hindu fundamentalist. Gandhi’s protest not only changed the world by sparking a new relationship between the Muslims and Hindus, but he also used peaceful resistance to promote recognition of the problems between the Hindus and Muslims.…
After World War I, many British colonies were ruling India, angering the natives and causing a sense of nationalism. Mahatma Gandhi took the matter into his own hands, using a surprising way to promote and fight for independence. Instead of being like many other revolutions and creating much…