Key Scenes In Gandhi

There are a few key scenes in the movie “Gandhi”:
1. The scene in the train
This scene is important, as it is initiating Gandhi’s public commitment for the rights of the Indians (although it is not yet connected to a wish of an independent India, because he is still in South Africa).
2. The first public [...]

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Questions about „Gandhi“

4. (1) What is Gandhi’s first public meeting about?
In the first meeting, he is still in South Africa. He is, with a partner, leading a demonstration and holding a speech against the duty of foreigners of carrying an ID (at least this is what I think it is). Therefore, he is burning his and the [...]

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Poem

This is a poem based on the novel “Heat and Dust” by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
The New World
Not brave, but full of dirt
I dressed like them
I felt like them
Sometimes more than other men
I fell in love
But I was torn
[...]
I think of England
How long ago
[...]
I think what happend long ago
[And within me
A feeling grows
Sure of it]
We must [...]

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Chid’s change

It seems, after all we know about Chid, that he changed because his former behaviour does not fit to his momentary situation.
As Chid always tries to do the best things for himself, he now changes. There is no more need to be a Hindu ascetic, as it brings more difficulties as advantages for him at [...]

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The attitude towards abortions

Maji sees abortions as self-evident, as they were sometimes the only way to “save people from dishonour and suffering“ (p.129, l. 9).
Taking a look at the Indian society, it becomes obvious that Maji is talking about forced marriages. As they are naturally often no love marriages, it is possible that married people fall in love [...]

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Olivia & The Suttees

I don’t think Olivia’s attitude towards the suttees shows any disloyality at all.
Her opposition against the “typical Brithish” views is founded in her boredom and the refusal of the other British people in Satipur.
What is called “infatuation” in the quote is only what all other British people in India miss: interest. She [...]

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Some Stuff

(a homework should be placed here soon )
Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Mr. Mü and get well soon(er or later)! ;)

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Quotes

Quote IV.2
“Wherever the English settle, they never leave England.”
This quote was probably given by an Indian, who suffered from the culture he was forced to live in due to the British rule. On the one hand it contains the impeachment (Anklage) that the British would never assimilate to the culture of the land they are living in for the British people themselves; on the other hand it critizises the Brith government in the colonies, where the people are forced to live in a certain culture, which is not their own.
This could take effect because of something like a British  ”Manifest Destiny” or just idleness.

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Happy Easter!

As I’m going to do a journey over the holidays, I use this way to wish everyone happy Easter!

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HEAT
1.) Who do you think Olivia and Douglas are?
They seem to be a married couple. At least Olivia must be from England, as she is complaining about the heat.
2.) Where are they?
In India, what fits to the heat, the titels ”Sahib” and ”Memsahib” and the town
called Simla mentioned in the conversation.
3.)  What are they arguing about?
It had been planned that Olivia should habe gone to Simla, but she has not,
because she does not know what she shall so there and is
afraid of being bored (“one more of those and I’ll lie down and die.”)
4.) How is the quarrel resolved?
Olivia gives in and and calls it her own fault
that this argue had begun (“I don’t know what’s wrong with me”), also this has
to be her excuse as her voice is described as ”contrite. Douglas accepts her
apology by telling her that the heat,which she is not used to as she is an English
woman,  makes her feel uncomfortable and she thus acts diffferently than usual.
5.) Do you feel that unpleasant heat can have an effect in emotions?[...]
Yes, I do think so. Great heat makes atonic, makes you often unable to move
or do something especially things that are physically exhausting. Heat takes its toll,
making countries like Spain inventing for example the “Siesta”, meaning a break
at noon, the time of the greatest [...]

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