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Gandhi Question 1: How do we define the personality traits of a hero?

A hero can be defined as someone who will go through hardships to maintain peace and good for his or her society. Gandhi Question 1: How do we define the personality traits of a hero?. Question 2: How do the setting, conflicts, and antagonists influence the development of literary heroes?.

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Gandhi Question 1: How do we define the personality traits of a hero?

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  1. A hero can be defined as someone who will go through hardships to maintain peace and good for his or her society. Gandhi Question 1: How do we define the personality traits of a hero?

  2. Question 2: How do the setting, conflicts, and antagonists influence the development of literary heroes? • Seeing the poverty in his country which was being controlled by Great Britain influenced Gandhi to bring change. (Rahman, M. Raisur) • When Gandhi saw the poor people of his country being controlled by the wealthy Brittish, he was influenced to bring change. ("Gandhi, Mahatma (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1869–1948)."

  3. Question 3: How does a hero reflect his/her particular culture and society? • Gandhi was relatively wealthy during his life.. ("Gandhi, Mahatma (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1869–1948)." • When he saw the poverty in his society, he chose to represent that poverty by wearing poor clothing (The Wilson Quarterly )

  4. Question 4: How does a hero represent his/her time period and geographical area? • Gandhi had saw his country being controlled by the wealthy Brittish while his people were poor. (“Mahatma Gandhi's Legacy.") • This influenced him to bring change and do something about this problem. (Ryan, James. " Mohandas Gandhi. )

  5. Question 5: How do various cultures reward or recognize their heroes? • Gandhi had many statues made to tribute what he had done. ("Gandhi, Mohandas.“) • Gandhi gained respect for his hunger strike, and other forms of pacifism to achieve what he wanted. (Nathan, Andrew J.)

  6. Question 6: What was his childhood like? • Mohandas Gandhi was born in  Porbandar, Gujarat India in October 2, 1869 but his family moved to the town of Rajkot when he was only seven years old. He was the youngest of four children in his family.("Childhood/Education." lausd.) • Gandhi attended an all boy school when he was about seven years old in Rajkot. Once he finished elementary school Gandhi attended a high school in Rajkot with other boys as well. ("Gandhi, Mohandas." UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography. )

  7. Question 7:What influenced him to do what he did? He followed philosophy of non-violence for fighting injustice and he was inspired by Jesus Christ. (Desai, Ian.) Gandhi was a victim of discrimination when he was in South Africa. He didn’t understand why the color of someone's skin a factor of discrimination. (Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction)

  8. Question 8: How did his childhood influence his future? • As a child Gandhi was a humanitarian. He was a strict vegetarian. (Encyclopedia of World Biography) • He was also quiet and disliked sports.(Journal of World History )

  9. Question 9: What did other people think of him? • During his time, people loved Gandhi. His ways earned him many followers. People were willing to die for Gandhi. (Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction) • Some people disliked Gandhi for the things he was doing, this led to his assination. (Hard News)

  10. Question 10: How did he know being a pacifist would work out in the end? • Gandhi used peace to achieve what he wanted. ("Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi." Ebsco. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, ) • He eventually got independence for India. (“Great Soul” ." Ebsco. )

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