Mahatma Gandhi Reading Task

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi, was given the name Mahatma, meaning great soul,
because he was a great soul, he did things for others and didn’t want
anything in return. He was against racism, he went to prison for the things
he did and he was very famous.

Firstly, Gandhi was greatly against racism. Mahatma Gandhi went to work
for the South African office of an Indian legal firm. This is when Gandhi first
encountered racism. When he was on a train, a white man wouldn’t sit next
to him. He found that lots of Indians in South Africa were given the worst
jobs and they lived in poverty. Gandhi started working for the rights of
Indians and he campaigned for twenty years. Gandhi said, “Make the
injustice visible. Be prepared to die for it.”

Secondly,  Mahatma Gandhi was famous for the actions that he made
and what he believed in. He helped the Indians, by refusing to get his
finger print scanned and he wanted others to do the same. He thought
that he had helped the Indians in his country, and people started to
recognize the things that he had done. Other people started to follow in his
lead.

Gandhi’s main grumble was that under the British rule India had become
the world's poorest country. The British found India, while the Indian
people were already there and they tried to take over and rule over the
Indians. This was called colonisation.

Finally, Gandhi went to prison because he refused to do things that the
government said to do and he protested peacefully against racism and
lots of Indians were arrested and went to prison. He said, ‘An eye for an
eye ends up making the whole world blind.’ Gandhi meant that fighting
each other was a bad thing and that it can do horrible things to people.
We agree with Gandhi because fighting can do very bad things to you,
like traumatize people and injure people. We believe that Mahatma
Gandhi shouldn’t have gone to prison because of what he believed in
and he just wanted the make South African people all equal.

In conclusion, Mahatma Gandhi was a great man and his name fitted
who he was. He was recognized for being against racism, he made good
choices and he also went to prison for believing in the things that he did.
His actions have affected us today because people of all races are allowed
to have any job and many people are inspired by him and do not want
racism in the world.