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GANDHI-FIGHTER WITHOUT A SWORD

Gandhi
Fighter Without a Sword
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 brother. 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 job to not work on the fields day and
night. Gandhi was very happy for that he was married to Kasturbai (his wife) because she
had changed his life in both work wise and study wise. Whenever Kasturbai is along she
goes to Gandhi's mother for advice how to live her life and how she can improve her
marriage with Gandhi. The family would have meetings ever night to discuss how work, and
school was. When Gandhi became the main leader of his land everybody came to him for
advice and leadership to fight many laws. Gandhi was fighting to reduce the taxes on the
families and for men to earn an equal amount as people in America. Gandhi intended to
form an ambulance corps for service in the British army. This was the announcement that
so stunned his followers. He made it in a speech to the natal Indian congress soon after
the outbreak of war. Two sentences explained his attitude. "Our one hope of freedom as a
people" he said "is through development within the British Empire. Therefore we must help
defend it". Some listeners were convinced by his argument. Others were willing to follow
him blindly. Soon eight hundred indentured workers and three hundred free Indians were
serving under the British flag in camps and hospitals. When Japan conquered Burma and
threatened India on the hand and china on the other, inaction became intolerable. Even
Gandhi began to feel that his pacifism might stand in the way of India's future position
among the nation's fighting for freedom. Gandhi lived happy and comfortable with his wife
and 2 kids. 
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 with his family