Question

Read the passage from the text, Gandhi Truth in Action. After reading the passage answer

the questions below.

Still, it was not enough. Gandhi also wanted Indians to be self-sufficient. He
burned piles of British clothing in front of Indians, and encouraged them to spin
their own cloth and grow their own food or buy it from each other, instead of from
the British. He stopped wearing Western clothes, learned to spin cloth, and wore
only a cotton shawl and dhoti, a kind of loincloth, which had been spun by Indian
hands. He also founded communities where people came together to grow their
own food, provide for themselves, and work for the good of all the people in the
group.
For more than thirty years, Gandhi led the Indians in a nonviolent struggle
against the British. And at last, in 1947, the British granted Indians their
independence. When Hindus and Muslims started fighting in India, Gandhi went
on a fast to try to bring them together.

1. Make an inference: What does Gandhi mean in his quote:
"My life is my message," Gandhi once said. "You must be the change you wish to see in
the world."

2. What text evidence helps the reader infer the meaning of the above quote?

Answer 1

Ghandi believed in non-violence. when Ghandi says "my life is my message,", he is saying that the actions he made in his life stand as an example to follow. when Ghandi said, "you must be the change you wish to see in the world.", he was elaborating on his previous statement by saying that he wants to be an example to follow.

Ghandi's peaceful ways stand as evidence, and multiple are listed in the above paragraph or two.