Why did Gandhi decide to write/speak out against British? Because he thought British had caused irreparable damage to his country and Indians were really angry as he stated in his speech Non-violence is the first article of my faith. He says: It is the last article of my faith and it is everything in between. I write because I had to make my choice. I had either to accept a system, which I think has done an irreparable [terrible] harm to my country or watch the mad fury of my people bursting forth in a violent way.
Gandhi asks the judge to give him the highest penalty. Why do you think he asks for this? Pay close attention to what Gandhi tells the judge he should do.
Gandhi says: I am therefore, here, to submit not to a light penalty but to the highest penalty...The only course open to you, Mr. Judge, is, as I am just going to say in my statement, either to resign your post in protest of my free speech rights being violated or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer will allow
How does Gandhi describe life for the Indian people?
Gandhi states that they had miserable lives. He says: Little do people know how the semi-starved masses of Indians are slowly sinking to lifelessness. Little do they know that their miserable lives represent the little rights that they get for the work they do for the foreign exploiter [the British], and that the profits are sucked away from the people