Answer the questions below in three separate essays. Use lectures and the assigned readings (textbook and primary sources) to craft your responses. Do NOT use outside sources. You will not receive credit if you resort to outside sources, even if you cite them.
- SHORT ESSAY ONE: Read carefully Gandhi’s appraisal of the West in his pamphlet Indian Home Rule. Do you agree or disagree with his views? Explain why. What do you think he means by the assertion: “This [Western] civilization is such that one has only to be patient and it will be self-destroyed”? What is your definition of the West?
Essay Format
The essays should be typed, 12 point font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins all around. Your name should appear on all pages. A title page is not needed.
You will submit both a hard copy to me and an electronic version to Turnitin.com. Further instructions will be given in class. Please note that I will not grade any exam that has not been submitted to Turnitin.com.
Guidelines
Please read the guidelines below before you start writing your exam. The issues listed under each essay will be used as grading criteria for the content section.
- SHORT ESSAY ONE. Your essay should:
- – briefly present Gandhi’s views on the West and set them in their historical context.
- – explain why you agree or disagree with him & engage his claim that Western civilization
is self-destructive.
- – define the West according to your own understanding (N.B. This section requires you to
give an informed opinion on the West as a historical concept. Base your definition on what we have studied in this class. Do not write some vague description of what you “feel” the West is or is not).
You may write this essay as a response-letter to Gandhi, but make sure you tackle the points mentioned above.
Suggested max. length: 2 pages
