Challenges Faced By Following Convictions

Mohandas Gandhi is faced with many challenges in his life from standing up for what he believes in, even if it's against the government. He's well known for overcoming so many of these obstacles and generally never giving up. These challenges start when he's only in his 20's and is living in Africa. He is faced with ridiculous discrimination for being an Indian immigrant in South Africa. He stands up for the equality he believes in and is beat up and humiliated. He does overcome these obstacles of discrimination, because these are what changes him into the legend he becomes. Some other challenges that he faces are from the people who didn't agree with his movements. First of all there's the Muslim religion who's leader in India at the time opposed Gandhi. Then there's the British government who also opposes Gandhi since Gandhi opposes them. And also even Hindu people that don't agree with his ways. Gandhi survives multiple assassination attempts, including a bomb thrown at a car he's in. The British government sends many challenges Gandhi's way, the biggest of these being prison. Gandhi goes to jail multiple times, the longest being 2 years. He was sentenced to 6 years but released early because of an operation he had for appendicitis. His whole life is basically overcoming challenges due to what he believes in, especially during his movements and hunger strikes. If it wasn't for his determination to beat these challenges, Indians wouldn't have the respect they do and the British government would rule over them for a longer time. And lastly, the final obstacle in Gandhi's life would be when the Hindu nationalist, Nathuram Godse shot him to death in Delhi, January 1948. Godse was enraged with Gandhi's attempts on making peace with the Muslims and their leader in India at the time, Jinnah. Gandhi is so well known as the legend he is today because of these challenges from standing up for his convictions.