Page 42 contains two powerful metaphors used by Gandhi to express why brute force should not be used. He states that "it is possible" for us to use brute force to regain control of India, "but by using similar means we can get only the same thing they got... It is the same as saying you can get a rose through planting a noxious weed." (42) The analogy of getting a rose (a self ruled nation) from a noxious weed (brute force) is an intelligent and powerful analogy.
It returns to his concept of good and evil. Gandhi stated how it takes time for good to occur, whereas evil "has wings" and goes immediately to the top. However, the victory of evil is temporal and shallow.
In the analogy of page 42, Gandhi is advocating an alternative to brute force. An alternative that will create a rose, a self ruling nation.
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