Pearl S Buck's portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in her essay Should the Assassin of Gandhi be killed ?
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SHOULD THE ASSASSIN OF GANDHI BE KILLED?
Pearl S. Buck
Introduction
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries she spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best selling fiction in 1931 and 1932. In 1938 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for
her truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.” On 30th January 1948 India witnessed the tragic assassination of Mahatma Gandhi at the Birla House in New Delhi. Naturam Vinayak Godse was his assassin. Gandhi’s greatest weapon was non-violence. His life and teachings touched people outside India and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He has inspired people around the world and Pearl S.Buck, the American writer and novelist was one among them. In her words: “Mahatma Gandhi came and stood at the door of India’s __________ is the