Compare And Contrast Gandhi And Letter From Birmingham Jail

In the article, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. and “The Letter to Viceroy by Mahatma Gandhi, both were about them use non-violent to achieve their goals. In order to achieve true freedom, society must find solution by use non-violence. To begin with, use non-violence achieve true freedom. According to “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr., king state that “In any non-violence campaign there are four basic steps; collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action”. This demonstrates non-violence can determine injustice through direct action. Based on “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr., king state that “A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the laws”. This shows that unjust law that it’s justifiable to break because unjust law impact an minority’s right. Thus, show non-violence can achieve true freedom in society.

According to “Letter to Viceroy” by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi states that “It has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation… reduced politically to serfdom… sapped foundations of our culture… degraded us spiritually”. This shows that Gandhi must achieve true freedom from British’s ruling through non-violence. Based on “Letter to Viceroy” by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi states that “For my ambition is not less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India. I do not seek to harm your people”. This demonstrates Gandhi say that India will protest non-violence to show British what they done to India. Thus, through non-violence can achieve true freedom in