Throughout history, there have been many influences on the human race, whether good or bad. Actions of these human beings ring through time and continue to have an impact on those living today. In this past century, the human race has seen two prominent men stand out in the categories of good and bad, Mahatma Gandhi and Osama bin Laden. Gandhi and bin Laden have many similarities in background and leadership, but it is their difference in impact that affect the billions of people alive today. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born in October 1869 in a city located in India, which was under the rule of the British crown. Gandhi grew up in a home where he regularly worshiped Vishnu, a Hindu god. He was wed at the beginning …show more content…
His family was well known throughout the country for their work on the palaces of the royal family. Bin Laden was raised in a home that followed a strict moral and religious code, until his parents separated. Him and his mother moved in with her new husband, and Osama started thriving at one of the most prestigious high schools in the area. In his early teens, bin Laden was recognized as an exemplary and outstanding student. Because of his performance, he was invited to join a study group full of esteemed young men. The group was organized to memorize the Koran, but eventually, fell from that original purpose, and instead fell into the teachings of the violent jihad. Influenced by a small sect in the Islam religion, the teacher began to instruct the young men on the “importance of instituting a pure, Islamic law” (Osama bin Laden), as well as becoming very observant in keeping the holy word, “even if it meant supporting death and destruction” (Osama bin Laden). Because of the teachings, the boys began to accept the ideas of jihad, spread their ideas throughout the school, and influence others to learn more. Osama was wed at the end of his teenage years to his cousin, graduated from school, and started at a nearby university to acquire a degree in public administration. Soon after receiving his degree, bin Laden rushed to help Afghanistan, who had been invaded by the Soviet Union. Bin Laden was selected to train a group of Islamic jihadists, and developed many leadership traits while doing
Chris McCandless was had an adventurous, young spirt that drove him into the wild. His kindred soul was a leading force into a journey designed to find himself. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless left society behind, trading a familiar scenery for the unknown. Mahatma Gandhi was a peaceful creature by habit, whose drive in life was to teach others how to live in peace. He wanted the world to learn to love, trying to have a positive impact on all who walked through his life. In many ways, Chris McCandless and Mahatma Gandhi are like, and in the same amount of ways are different.
In the late 1980’s Muhammad changed his life around. He and his wife had separated, he converted to Islam, and he joined the U.S. Army (Biography, par 4). He later changed his name to Muhammad (Death, par 2). He was stationed in Washington State. There he married Mildred Green. They ended up having three children. Being in the army was good for Muhammad. He served in Germany and the Middle East and was skilled in marksman (Biography, par 4, 5).
Without doubt, their belief of nationalism laid the foundation for Gandhi’s and Ho’s activities against imperialistic forces, influenced by their early-life experience. Gandhi’s family background with religiosity shaped his meticulous adherence to truth and his conscientiousness. It contributed a lot to the liberation of India, which Gandhi deemed as religious duty. On the other hand, Ho was born in an environment packed with anti- French sentiment. Being a patriotic dissenter, his father was
Next, let’s talk about his education and where he went to get his education. Gandhi went to an all boy school Rajkot when he was seven (“Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi” pg3 ).once he finished elementary school he then went to high school because they didn’t have a middle school, and that’s when he started to think about his career (“Mohandas Gandhi”).Later when Gandhi finished high school he went to the university college in London to study law (“Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”pg3). Even though he went to London he had good and bad experiences with it.
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1957 and he was surrounded by 49 brothers and sisters. His family was really rich because of his father, who was a billionaire, and owned one of the biggest construction companies in the kingdom. Bin Laden attended a high level school during his childhood, which combined British style secular education with Islamic worship. During his college years, he went to King Abd Al University to study four different courses: civil engineering, public administration, business and economics. In the 1970’s, when he was only 17 years old, bin Laden married his first cousin, and later on married three other women (marrying several times was permitted among Muslims).
Bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia either in 1957 or in 1958 (Davis 1). He was the 17th of 52 children born to Mohammed Bin Laden, a Yemeni Immigrant who worked with the Bush Family and owns the largest construction company in the Saudi Kingdom ( Davis 1). He was really blessed growing up as he and his sibling have a mass fortune and a luxurious life. All of his siblings were educated in the west and went to work for his father. Bin Laden stayed close to home. He went to school in Jeddah and was a really successful student. Like typical Saudi Arabian men, he married young and joined the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Islam was more than just a religion; it shaped his political beliefs and influenced every decision he
When he finished his University in Saudi Arabia, he became an extremely religious person. Osama started to help the Islamist movement against communists in Yemen (Gunaratna, 2005). In December 1997 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan he went to Pakistan and then Afghanistan to help the Afghan group to protect it from the Soviet Union.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Osama Bin Laden was born into Muslim family on the 10th of March, 1957 Osama’s full name is Osama Bin Mohammed Bin Awed Bin Laden. This stands for “Osama, son of Mohammed, son of Awed, son of Laden. His birth place is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the place of his death was in Abottabad Pakistan. Osama was raised under a strict Islam family. He was one of 50 children and he was the seventh born. Osama’s father died in a plane crash when Osama was just 10 years old. Bin Laden had been persuaded into the Muslim brotherhood at the age of 14. He studied/Practiced religion in most of his time, but he was also an avid reader.
and his mother was put in a mental hospital when he was only thirteen, after which he lived in many foster homes, he was never adopted. Around 1946,when he was 20, he ended up in prison for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison he joined the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 he rapidly became one of is leaders. For many years he was the public face of the controversial group; in k...
By definition the word character means moral or ethical quality. My definition of character is that what defines you as a person, your personality and how you act but to have a good character you have to have honesty, courage and integrity and generally being a role model to others. There are so many people out there that have goals that would not only benefit them but would benefit everyone around them and some of those people are Gandhi, Martin Luther king Jr. and Malala Yousafzai. These are just the few people who help me shape my ideas of character but also as a person. They fight for what they think/thought was right without any violence but they use powerful words and hey speak the truth we all deserve to be equals. They all had the
Gandhi was a great man in a lot of ways he was born on October 2, 1869 in Western India. At the age of thirteen he married Kasturbi who was also thirteen before his father died. When he did his mother sent him to law school in England this was in 1888. While he was there he fell in love so to speak with the nonviolent ways of the Hindu scriptures of the Bhagavad-Gita, and in the bible tellings of Jesus.
Thesis: Actions, beliefs, and patience are characteristics that are comparable in both the lives of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- 2 October 1869 - 30 January 194 was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He is also known as Mahatma which means “The Great Soul”. He was committed to pacifism, that there should be no violence.(1) He had three concepts to follow in his life for independence of India: Satyagraha, Ahimsa and Swaraj.
Both Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai are known for their devotion to human rights advocacy. During their lives, they have spoken up about social issues and taken matters into their own hands. I chose them because, in my opinion, they are both examples of great courage and commitment to important causes. Furthermore, I truly respect and admire the way they have achieved great changes in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of faith and great conviction. He was born into an average Hindu family in India. Like most teenagers he had a rebellious stage when he smoked, spent time with girls and ate meat (forbidden to strict Hindus). The young Gandhi changed as a person while earning a living as a lawyer in South Africa. He came in contact with the apartheid and the future Mahatma began to emerge, one who championed the truth through non-violent resistance. It was between 1915 and his assassination in 1945 that he struggled for India's freedom.