Hind Swaraj

I thought the reading was a little different than usual, with the implication of a reader (other than myself) and an editor. I found that the reader posed questions before I was able to pose my own, as well as provide insights I would not have thought of prior. From the reading I felt Gandhi referred to the on goings in India in defense and in relation to the English rule. Gandhi made it seem there influences from the English were not there by habit or by force, but rather by their own choice. Religion greatly affects choice and beliefs; India’s lack of religion is the cause for much of the negative events that have occurred. Gandhi’s word choices and phrasing felt to me as being very prophetic, delivering advice and wisdom to the reader of the story, and of myself. The wisdom the editor seems to preach to the reader makes it seem like the editor is the teacher and the reader the student. The student appears to be younger than the editor, where the older and more experienced editor is sharing his wisdom to teach the younger generations. The use of references and examples produced good mental images of the ideas the editor was trying to portray.