Mahatma Gandhi: Annotated Bibliography

Impactful Person/Event Annotated Bibliography

"The Influence of Mahatma Gandhi : Articles On and By Gandhi." The Influence of Mahatma Gandhi : Articles On and By Gandhi. Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon, n.d. Web. 02 May 2016. In the article about Mahatma Gandhi it gives many details straight from the source. First of all, the article is written by a person who worked and knew Gandhi; therefore this source is a primary source and gives facts and more in depth details to what happened to Gandhi. However, as a result, from this article being written by a person who knew Gandhi there is bias, and people may think otherwise of the event that is occurred. In addition, the article doesn’t just give plain facts, the author tells a story that
It gives an image of his personality by saying, “Truth and nonviolence is what he taught. Same were the principles for which he fought.” It also gives perspective from a person whose life was changed by Gandhi and the way he taught. Although, of course having it written by a person who is inspired by and admires Gandhi there is bias, because others may differ in opinion. The poem is fairly easy to read with no really challenging words in it. On the other hand, the article doesn't give any background knowledge about Gandhi; therefore you may need to know who Gandhi is before you read the poem. Also, the poem only gives some facts about what Gandhi did; however they are less reliable because they may have words in there to make the poem sound better/
Therefore, having many facts and details about the person there is no need to already have that knowledge about the event. Furthermore, having many facts in the biography and having the biography being really long it isn’t engaging to many people. The biography is straight facts and the truth, therefore there is no bias in the article, which won’t lead to any conflict when people read it. Also, it doesn’t appeal to the person’s emotion because they didn’t give many in depth detail about the events that really hooks the reader’s attention. The article also talk about the aftermath of Mahatma Gandhi and the impact that he left on people. For example at the end it says, “Gandhi's life and teachings have inspired many liberationists of the 20th Century, including Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States, Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko in South Africa, and Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar.” Finally, the biography is a higher reading level because it contains many hard words such as, incarceration, and