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Key scenes

Steffen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:32:07 +0000

The assasination scene
- At the beginning of the movie we see Gandhi is getting assassinated by an fanatic Hindu. It is also shown again in the end of the movie. This is a very important scene because the attitude towards the assassination is changing / is different. The tension is lowered because of the using of the foreshadowing.
The scene in the train in South Africa
1. In this scene Mahatma Gandhi is thrown out of the train because of his skin color and his descent. It is a important scene because it shows the racial prejudices and the British are using their power to feel superior
The Massacre
- At the massacre an British officer loses the control of the situation and gave the order to shoot the Indian demonstrants down. This is a key scene because it shows the tension between the British and the Indian. It is also very violent and bloody, which should support this aspect.
Salt March
- Gandhi starts a non-violent demonstration, the Salt March, against the British monopoly on salt ( Only the British were allowed to win and sell salt). Salt was one of the most important goods in that time. With the march as an symbolic act Gandhi wanted to show the independence of India. The British government ignored the demonstration first, but after it was such a success, they inprisoned Gandhi and every Indian, who were winning salt out of the ocean.
The fast scenes
- In the fast scenes Gandhi stops eating because of violent actions of his followers. He wants to show remorse for the acting his people. He says that he would only start eating again when the people stop killing British soldiers/ burning their houses and stop the war between Muslims and Hindus

[ worked out together with Kai ]

Amoebic desentery

Steffen — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:44:17 +0000

Amoebic Dysentery (caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica) is an disease, more precisely an infection of the digestive system. It results in diarrhea containing mucus and blood in the stool. It is transmitted through contaminated food and water. In India it is mostly the result of unsanitary water.

Amoebic dysentery is well known as a “traveler’s dysentery” because of its prevalence in developing nations, or “Montezuma’s Revenge” (in India better known as “Delhi Belly”) although it is occasionally seen in industrialized countries. Liver infection, and subsequent amoebic abscesses can occur.

Symptoms are frequent passage of feces/stool, loose motion and in some cases associated vomiting. Variations depending on parasites can be frequent urge with high or low volume of stool, with or without some associated mucus and even blood.

Homework for April 3rd

Steffen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:42:49 +0000

1. Table

-	Narrator	woman in dormitory	Miss Tietz
appearance	young woman	looks like a ghost, wears a white night-gown, long hair	-
state of mind	confused (in a new country), imagined India different (letters)	likes to talk, shocked about circumstances in India	-
background	from England, granddaughter of Douglas, arrived by plane	very religious (christian), from England, familiar with India	from Swiss, working in S.M. since 10 years, good soul and good cook
aims	wants to get to know more about Olivia	wants to live in God’s will	-

2. The unkempt European:

Hello, my name is Michael Stach and I am 27 years old. I am from Leipzig, which is located in Germany, and now I live in Bombay, India.

I had a really nice childhood in the first 9 years, but at the age of 10 my parents argued very often and two years later they got divorced. Me and my two sisters, who are 2 and 3 years younger than me, moved away from Leipzig with my mother. Our new home Berlin had a bad influence on me. As I look at my childhood from today, I have to say I had wrong friends. They made me be a thief and a criminal. After getting caught while I was robbing out a local candyshop, my mother sent me into a ?orphanage? ( can’t find the right word for “Heim”). This really was the best thing my mum could have done, because the contact to my friends broke up. I got to know new ones, which had a better influence on me. At the age of 17 I fell in love with a girl in the orphanage. We were together for near 1 year, but then she were adopted by an English family. Without her the life in the orphanage wasn’t the same anymore. I missed her so much that I ran away with my saved money, took a boat to England, travelled to London, where the family of my girlfriend lived, and searched for her nearly one month. With no money and confidence left I accepted a job offer, which brought me to India, leaving everything behind. Arriving in Bombay I worked for an British governor. He was a great man and treated me very good. But after his death I lost my job and had to leave my home. Now I live on the streets in Bombay since 3 years. The only thing that reminds me of my old life is Gulliver, the monkey which gave me the governor before his death.