Film Lesson : Ghandi

Ghandi helped India gain Independence from Great Britain by boy cotting all of their rules. He didn't want anyone to use violence so his strategy was to just ignore anything that would help the British. He believed "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". He didn't want to be just as bad as the British he just wanted to have freedom.

The British hit and abused the Indians. But they never fought back because they followed Ghandi. They learned that when you dont fight back, you wont have anything to be threatened by and you can't get in trouble. Although many wanted to fight, Ghandi wouldn't have it. He proved he didnt want violence by going on a hunger strike. When the Indians heard he could almost die, they stopped ALL violence. Even after all the times that their great leader was sent to jail for no reasons, they still didn't fight back.

It was also easier because for the Indians Ghandi had many strategies. However one of his famous strategies was telling the Indians to make their own clothes, that way the British wouldn't profit from them. Another one was a march. The Indians, along with Ghandi, marched all the way to the salt lake and started making their own salt instead of buying government salt. Since government salt would profit the British people.

Ghandi's philosophy of non violence seemed to work out perfectly. He believed that if the Indians provoked the British then it would be a negative effect. But if they kept everything at peace then it would help them become people just working out a deal between two countries not fighting a war.

I think India would've gotten there independence after awhile. I just think Ghandi took the first step towards it. It probably would've taken a while longer. England was going to end up losing their colonies after awhile.

During 1947, Britain had a monopoly with all of the salt lakes in India. I think the Indians were tired of it. This helped make their Independence.