Film: A Biography of Mohandas Gandhi

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The movie “Gandhi” begins with a very compelling scene with the foreshadowing of Gandhi’s assassination. He is walking with a crowd of people and is greeted by many. This was followed by a scene of thousands mourning his death from all around the world. Later, the movie takes a flashback to a younger Gandhi during his days in South Africa. He is seen on a train and though he is riding with a first-class ticket, he is forced to move to third-class due to him being a minority. He refuses and is thrown off of the train. Back in India, he never directly experienced this type of injustice. From there, he continues his attempts at non-violent protests. Gandhi’s main goal was to bring an end to racial oppression as well as create equality. He made little success in South Africa after being arrested multiple times. After his release in South Africa, he decided to move back to India to hopefully bring change there as well as hopefully gaining India’s independence back from the British Empire. Throughout the movie, there are many people who support his ways, many who try to be him down, and many who honestly don’t know if his ways of non-violence are worth it.
As Gandhi is trying to promote non-violence, he is repeatedly jailed and violence around India continues. After a brutal massacre of peaceful protestors in India, he goes on a hunger strike, threatening his life. He then goes on another hunger strike due to religious tensions between the Hindus and the Muslims. He says he won’t eat until they agree to stop which by that point; his health is in major risk. The fighting ends but the country is split. The northwest area of India and the eastern part of India are currently known as Bangladesh. During his unknowingly last days, he spend...

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...until all of the fighting would stop. The people that surrounded him begged him constantly to end it but he stood by his belief of non-violence. It showed how much Gandhi cared for his nation.
While watching this movie, it was unbearably boring at times. The first half of the movie actually started off pretty slow. There were some parts throughout the movie that just seemed to drag. Though this part was somewhat boring (very boring), it showed how Gandhi transform from an aggressive lawyer to a spiritual guru and leader. It also shows his journey that he has to experience; journeys with his family, to different countries as well as the death of many. It builds a climax for the second half of the movie. The second half shows what Gandhi experienced in India with the British Empire and the things that they had to go through.
A global issue I observed was capitalism.

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