Gandhi, a biography of Mahatma Gandhi�s life beginning after he began to speak out against Great Britain as an unjust ruler in South Africa, as well as India. Gandhi saw the injustice that was present in South Africa and India alike as Britain forced the natives to assume a place at the bottom of society. The natives were supposed to look up at the English with respect and honor, as they were better humans. Gandhi knew this was wrong, and used his knowledge of English law to bring the injustice to an end. Religiously speaking, Gandhi wanted to not be one religion, but be Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jew, and all else so as to demonstrate that not even religion should separate humans and lead them to violence.

To bring the unjust ruling of the British Empire to an end he sought not a violent, but peaceful active protest. The goal was to totally avoid violence because it would only justify violent acts on the part of the British Empire. The peaceful active protest gained the attention of the entire world as the British mercilessly beat Indians for their protesting. The world saw this as a horror because the Indians were not being violent, but was being used against them. Gandhi called for a great resistance to violence saying that once the Indians became violent the British got what they wanted to take, that is, dignity. �Through our pain,� Gandhi said, �we will fight their injustice.� He wanted to �change the way they (British) think, not just kick them out for a short time.�

In India as the Indians began to peacefully actively protest British rule riots broke out and fighting began. The few instances of violence were enough to make Gandhi ashamed that they would resort to violence, and promised to fast until all India agreed to stop the violence. Eventually the riots ended and Gandhi ended his suffering.

The British Empire finally agreed to remove itself from India. The independent India was left to rule itself, and Gandhi the greatest influence on how the government would work. He wanted all Indians to be united under one Indian government, however, the religious minority, the Muslims, were afraid the Hindus would subject them as the British had and wanted to make their own nation. As tensions rose, the Hindus and Muslims broke out into violence and for a second time Gandhi fasted. This time he was much older and not so healthy. He came very close to dying when finally the Hindus and Muslims proclaimed that they would rather die than raise up against each other. Gandhi was then able to eat again. The government separated into Pakistan and India. As Gandhi was on his way to visit Pakistan, he was shot by a Hindu and died on the spot.  

Gandhi puts Mahatma Gandhi�s life into perspective for me, a person who before now knew very little about his life. The movie brings forth his loving and moral character. He was truly seeking peace and justice for all. His movement is a great example of how to break away from an injustice without violence. Many of the ideas he used were based on what Jesus preached. Jesus said, �turn your other cheek,� and that is exactly what Gandhi did. Gandhi�s morals were all rooted in love. He had no room in his heart for hatred, and believed that should be the case for all. If someone tries to make peace with violence they cannot create a true peace. Gandhi was able to instill a great true peace as he nonviolently led India to become independent of Britain.

His actions just reaffirm my belief that there is no place for violence in the world, including war. He believed in order for peace and justice to come, people must be willing to accept the fate of death just as a soldier would, however, these people do not take part in the violence at all. I even agree with him when he said that in response to Hitler, all that could be done was actively resisting his unjust and cruel rule through a peaceful resistance.

If we are truly acting out of love and with God in our hearts, how can we ever act with violence? Jesus never made any reference to violently making peace or violently making love. Just as Jesus believed this so much so that he was willing to die, so did Gandhi. Gandhi sought no violence, only love and peace.