Introduction of Gandhi Book Report

The title of the book is “Gandhi”. Rowena Akinyemi is the author of the book, she has been writing ELT fiction for the Oxford Bookworms Library.

        The book is non-fiction. Mohandas Gandhi is a main character of the book, other characters are; Gandhi’s mother, Karsandas father, Karsandas son, Laximidas, Kastur, Manilal, Harilal, Devdas, Ramdas, Maganlal, Hermann Kallenbach, Charles Freer Andrews, Ghaffar Khan, Ambedkar, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Summary of Gandhi Book Report

            This book revolves around the life of Gandhi, chapter 1 consists of the early life of Gandhi that he was a shy but very adventurous person and studied law from London. Chapter 2 describes the experiences of Gandhi in Natal province where he fought for just laws. Chapter 3 of the book consists of increasing resentment in South Africa against Gandhi. Moreover, chapter 4, 5, and 6 of the book talks about developing religious and social ideas, simplicity, and last years of Gandhi in South Africa. He believed in non-violent actions to injustice, his efforts to fight unjust laws by non-violence are countless that made him a popular leader of India. The remaining chapter (7-13) describes the social campaigns, struggles, and last days of Gandhi that how he fought for poor people, and how he fought against violence. He was even imprisoned but he worked hard to the salt tax to save poor people and struggled hard with the British government. British left India after countless struggles of Gandhi. Gandhi was assassinated by Hindu extremists.

Feedback of Gandhi Book Report

        The book is very inspiring and worth the time. The phrases used in the book are very appealing such as “violence is the fear of the ideals of others” and “There is no way to peace, peace is the way”. The book clearly portrays the different events that work as a hook.

This book is highly recommended.

This book inspires me more to help other people either in or out my way, especially poor people.