The Rhetorical Analysis Of Gandhi's Speech

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Gandhi’s speech on the eve of his historic march on March 11, 1930, was intended as his last speech to his followers. He highlighted what his followers should do in the event that he was arrested for his crimes. They were to continue to try to attain Swaraj (self-governance, i.e. the country rules itself) with non-violence and truth. Instead of violence, he wanted them to cause civil disobedience by breaking small laws, such as owning and selling illegal salts, as well as purchasing or making them. He wanted the employees of the Government (British rule in India) to stop working in protest, in an attempt to undermine it. Gandhi asked for the taxpayers, and all who were cooperating with the Government to stop cooperating, doing things such as not sending their children to public schools or keeping titles. He also asked for them to have self-confidence in the goal of Swaraj, and to become leaders, while stressing non-violence and truth. Gandhi also asked his followers to continue to follow local leaders; to ensure that leadership at all levels in India was not changed all at once. At the end of his speech Gandhi tells his followers that is they are always truthful and non-violent while trying to make India self-governing, they will always be victorious, even if …show more content…

He showed how he believed that in order to not support evil, one must not succumb to violence. Gandhi closed by giving the judge and the assessors [of the court] two choices: to resign their jobs and therefore separate themselves from what Gandhi called evil (most likely the British Empire). They would only do this, he said, if they strongly disagree with the laws that Gandhi was accused of, or if they believed Gandhi to be innocent. The other choice was to punish Gandhi according to the law, showing that they agree with the laws and believe that are beneficial to the

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