What is a central idea of "Mohandas Ghandi: Truth in Action"? Ghandi believed the Untouchables deserved more rights than other Indians.

Ghandi learned to live a life of nonviolence from his father's friend.

Ghandi led his people to independence and self-sufficiency without using violence.

Ghandi thought South Africans should let Indians sit anywhere on trains.

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.