Ghandi: The Significance of the Movie

The epic Gandhi reflects on India’s past and the way in which Mohandas Gandhi formed the eternal relationship with the country. Mohandas was a Muslim Indian right out of his studies in London when he first encounters the harsh racism that has embedded in the people of South Africa. Throughout the entire movie, the language used is English, though the Indians have a light variation. It is believable because India was a Bri

In this time period England was the dominant world power and became that way through its collection of colonies. This imperialistic ideal involved controlling these colonies so that they run the land and Britain gains the resources. India was like every other colony, the people had land but what was produced was not there’s to keep, allowing England to gain all the benefits. Another way of manipulating the money flow is to limit the goods being bought by the Indian people. Making the clothes out in the factories of England so that all currency remains in Britain’s pocket is one example focused on in the movie. Gandhi encourages all Indian people to burn any clothing made from English hands, and instead wear only what they can make with their own hands. This diminishes a portion of empowerment, and creates a hole that eventually destroys any reason for England to stay. It also exhibited the flaws in the imperialism format. The flaw being that if the one in charge relies on the people of the colony to do the work, it has the potential to loose all the benefits if the enslaved should stop, taking the legs right out from under the chair in which they sit so high. Not only that, it makes it seem more of a trouble then before. Gandhi realized this; England needed them more then they needed England, and that is where their power came from. By the time World War II roles around, it is evident in the movie that Britain has become numb to this ‘little’ problem in India, due to the fact that it is fighting a much more tremendous battle in many other places, and finally gives India its independence. Adding to the list of things I learned from this movie is the battle that spun off of their freedom. That conflict is one between Hindus and Muslims. It was not England that forced the creation of a separate country known as Pakistan, it was the impossibility of Muslims living with Hindus. Both sides do not want either one to gain control over the other, forcing it to go against itself. Gandhi experiences this civil war with great dismay, for all he has lived for is being destroyed. Gandhi then decides to fast until he is confident the fighting has ended. However it does not cease until he is near death, and the people do so to save his life. Nonetheless, it is apparent that itâ€

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