Gandhi Civil Disobedience

Gandhi Civil Disobedience
Chris Jenstad
Honors English II– Block 8
Ms. Thomas
June 2 2016
Gandhi: The Essence of Civil Disobedience A vocal minority should not be in control over an oppressed majority. History has repeated itself in
correcting bent ways of society, seen through the Civil Rights Movement, the Confederates vs. the Union, slaves against slave–owners, and India as a
country, as opposed to a British Colony. Henry David Thoreau'sCivil Disobedience had an influence on most all modern acts of clearing corruption,
including the works of the Mahatma, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Noted in Thoreau's essay is that "the practical reason why a majority are
permitted to rule is not because they are most likely to be in the right... but because they are physically the...show more content...
Thoreau's ideas in Civil Disobedience can be found in Gandhi's life. While the mahatma did not leave India in perfect condition, he led it through a
much needed political revolution peacefully. As opposed to the fighting of the Civil War, or Malcolm X's version of the Civil Rights movement,
Gandhi had achieved his goal to free India without riots, disruptions, or violence. Gandhi not only left a mark on British India, but the world,
demonstrating–in reality–the practices of civil
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Essay about Civil Disobedience
The political concepts of justice and how a society should be governed have dominated literature through out human history. The concept of
peacefully resisting laws set by a governing force can be first be depicted in the world of the Ancient Greeks in the works of Sophocles and actions of
Socrates. This popular idea has developed over the centuries and is commonly known today as civil disobedience. Due to the works of Henry David
Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. civil disobedience is a well–known political action to Americans; first in the application against slavery and second
in the application against segregation. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" and King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" are the leading arguments in
defining...show more content...
Thoreau makes that evident in the following quote from his essay: "There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery... who yet in effect do
nothing to put an end to [it]; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that
they know not what to do, and do nothing; and even postpone the question of freedom to the question of free–trade..." (Thoreau, 270). Thoreau
demands civil disobedience from his fellow countryman to correct the errors of the government in regards to slavery and the war of his time.
Thoreau defines this concept as a deed of willful resistance, obtained by disobeying the hypocritical laws. One deed he offers his countrymen to
consider as their deed of civil disobedience, is a refusal to pay taxes. Another deed, one Thoreau highly recommends, is to avert oneself from conspiring
with the government in refusing to actively participate in it. Most importantly civil disobedience is civil. Meaning that the resistance to the government
is peaceful and non–violent in it's methods. King's work in civil disobedience seems to be in agreement with Thoreau in regarding civil disobedience as
a duty of his fellow countrymen. King demands justice for the African Americans in the civil rights movement of the 1960s in his letter. King's famous
line to call the people out to demand justice from the government, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," (Schulke,

Civil Disobedience Thesis
I like your introduction to the research paper; you may want to state a few examples within the introduction of what civil rights are being abused to
help present your thesis. Perhaps, something shocking that makes us want to read more. The last paragraph in the introduction uses the word "many"
several times; you may want to use an alternative word. Thesis statement: The thesis statement is of interest to me. Therefore, I find your argument to
be clear with 'protests' being the example of civil disobedience, in addition, you are supporting your statement that accomplishments can occur without
violence. Review Summary: This is well done, I found the review summary interesting and an excellent way to explain how the term 'civil disobedience'

Civil Disobedience
What is our Nature? Disobedience is the lack of obedience or the refusal to comply with one of power or authority. Many people believe that
obedience to authority will help mankind grow and expand. On the contrary, how can one grow if he/she cannot speak for himself? Individuality is the
quality or character that distinguishes them from others of the same kind. When one is obedient they are not seen as individual but as a part of a
congregation. Obedience can be best categorized as conformity. Therefore disobedience can be illustrated as individuality.
Human nature can be expounded as the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of human kind. Is it in our nature to be
obedient, to conform to authority? Authority...show more content...
The Catholics from England are a great example of what Fromm means when he says, "If a man can only obey and not disobey, he is a slave; if he
can only disobey and not obey, he is a rebel...."(640) The Catholics were slaves to the religion of England. They were only left with the choice to
move overseas for freedom. Once in the colonies, they refused to obey the king any longer. When they began to seek freedom they were considered
rebels and disobedient. Is disobedience apart of our nature? World renowned philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, Explains that, "Disobedience is the
true definition of liberty." The Catholics wanted their own religion, and no longer wanted to be a part of the religion that was forced upon them. They
wanted to be individuals. But remember as we stated earlier, individuality is synonymous to

Essay on Civil Disobedience
Abstract
Civil disobedience is the term assigned to actions taken by individuals to sway public opinion about laws that individuals deem unfair or unjust. Actions
taken are usually nonviolent, and can include sit–ins, mass demonstrations, picket lines, and marches. Citizens are acting on their consciences,
demonstrating highly advanced moral reasoning skills. Generally, these advanced skills fall into Kohlberg's Six Stages of Moral Development, Stage
Five and Six in particular. Characteristics of civil disobedience include no expression of anger, no cursing or insults, no retaliation, and submission to
punishment by law enforcement. Historically, there have been many instances of civil disobedience: women's suffrage, environmental...show more
content...
History has recorded the role civil disobedience has played in many social reforms: the civil rights movement, women's suffrage, abolition of slavery,
environmental demonstrations, labor union strikes, and anti–war movements. In each instance, citizens were motivated by deep–seated, conscientious
beliefs that laws were wrong; all legal means, ie: lobbying, court appearances, petitioning, and legal protests, but were often ignored by political
machinations and powerful individuals. Such was their moral convictions regarding what they experienced or believed to be injustices, individuals
were willing to give up personal comfort and safety in order to effect change. Generally, citizens taking part in civil disobedience employed
noncompliance. Noncompliance is not considered as an act of hostility toward police; it is a form of resistance wherein those involved in the protest go
"limp", or become passive. Citizens simply refuse to comply with officer direction, since the foundation for nonviolence is to undergo a risk to one's
self without causing harm to others (actupny.org, nd, para 15). Noncompliance, as a technique, was influenced by Ghandi and the passive resistance
techniques used to end British rule of South Africa (Infoplease.com, nd). Ghandi's directives for those engaged in civil disobedience included: not to
express anger, never retaliate, submit to orders, submit to

Essay On Civil Disobediences
Nicholas R. Cortez
Miss Cooper
Essay over Civil Disobediences
Jan 18, 2017
The Action Of Yellow Power
Living in the Modern world, one will commonly see themselves flushed into Racism and Hate crimes, between all races. However, one race that is
commonly overlooked in these quarrels is the Asian race. During the Right's movement, Which Included Black Rights, The "Yellow Power"
movement, or asian rights stayed in the back, still fighting, but wasn't as Publicized as the other. Overall, they fought, not only for their right but the
rights of anyone who felt their rights were not quite met, or at least followed, but also gave a hand to those who wanted a better understanding all. Of
course, like any Civil Disobedience, they ran into problems, either with...show more content...
Often times, they were taking advantage of. Often times, they weren't respected. Often times they were told they'd never be as good. But as this
movement went on, they realized that they don't only want the freedoms that all other americans had, but needed it.
The necessity of all humans. What we need to live. The bases, food water yes, but beyond that. As people, we require friendships, love, heartbreak,
but most of all, a component of all of those, We need respect that often times is lacked in one case or another. Sometimes, our needs are covered by
others hate and discrimination. This cover of needs is what lead us to the breaking point. When you are promised something don't you deserve to get
it? Does skin color really change who we are? All arguments during the Yellow Power Movement. They were called "Not real americans" or not good
enough to be considered. This wasn't the first time this discrimination happened. It started when thousands of Immigrants for China migrated to the
western coast in the mid–to–late–nineteenth century. They came as free laborers and mined for gold as well as worked on the rail road. This lead to
revolts by a group called the anti–chinese–group, who other than

Dalrymple's Just Do What The Pilot Tells You
Power and Disobedience Power is the root of disobedience. Theodore Dalrymple, a British physician, explains how disobedience can affect how one
will act towards authority in the article, "Just Do What the Pilot Tells You." Disobedience can be one of the main factors of why people believe they
have total power. Although Dalrymple argues that people who are disobedient are looking for attention, he is also arguing that a person with bad
authority is actually wanting power or control over the situation. Dalrymple begins his article by doing a summarization of Milgram's experiment
where Milgram demonstrates how ordinary people would do sinister things just because they were to told by an authority figure. Dalrymple uses
Milgram's article...show more content...
The parents were blaming the way their child was acting on the teacher, who serves as the representative authority. Dalrymple is able to this use
example from someone he has encountered, which can give a greater impact on his article. With the impact of other someone else's experience with
bad authority and the parents wanting control over the position, he was able to incorporate a way that his article does not just relate to him and his
own experiences, but it can also relate to the greater community. Dalrymple gives many excellent ways of why disobedient people are looking for
attention. People will change their actions in a split second if they know a greater authority figure is overlooking them in a way that it will effect them
poorly in the long term of things. An anecdote he gives in the article is of when a woman who is supposedly against all authority above her, though she
listens to all the directions the pilot had just instructed her to do (120). Once again Dalrymple uses actual examples that happen today. Dalrymple uses
his own technique to understand why this woman might act this way towards authority. Dalrymple questioned her ways of going against authority, and
she told him it was because of the way the authority treated her in her own church (120). This woman is seeking attention just simply because she is
against all authority, though she changes her actions when the orders were presented to her in a behavioral

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