Gandhi, one of the world's greatest figures, has already become a legend. In this book Jeanette Eaton shows him as a human being. While still a young man, Gandhi adopted the austere way of living that was until the day he died. He did not want comforts and luxuries when so many of his countrymen lived in terrible poverty. He ate only the most frugal diet and in his later years wore a peasant's costume. But he himself was anything but austere. Laughter was to him life's most healing gift, even when it was directed against himself.
When young Indian children become a certain age and their body is mature enough they are allowed to get married. Gandhi was described very short and skinny with his dark eyes. He had noticed everything in his path and along the way. It was very hard for the people in the village to do anything near early dawn because only oil lamps gave off light. Gandhi had a younger bro
My opinion of the book is that is was exciting in most parts. It covered the details of Gandhi's life and how he lived it w
ther. Before Gandhi had gone to high school he had been used to putting the jasmine wreaths on the images of Shiva and Krishna and Radha. Now every day that he has gone to school he snatch's his breakfast and leaves. Everyday before he enters the temple him and his brother slip their slippers of before they enter the temple. In this way the day began in a small town in western India. Although it was many years ago, the majority of Indian people live in much the same way now. The climate is so warm that as much work as possible is done in the early hours. Therefore many schools open soon after daybreak and, like shops and offices, close in the heat of the day. Gandhi, like any other Indian boys took being married, and going to school for granted because education was very hard for people to learn and to get a good
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