r his wife. An athletic and older boy who was Muslim fascinated him. He told Mohandas to eat meat if he wanted to become bigger and stronger. He said the Indians were weak and small people, because they didn’t eat meat, and this is why the British, who did, had the strength to rule over them. This was against his religion, but he tried anyway. He ate the meat in secrecy, but after a few meals he stopped. He didn’t like the taste of meat and felt guilt at deceiving his parents. After this point he became a vegetarian. He was always an honest person. He once stole gold from his brother and wrote an apology letter that touched his father’s heart. His father did not punish, but embraced him. This made Mohandas realize that truth and love had power. After his father passed away, he went to England to study law. He went under three conditions of his mother: not to touch meat, alcohol, and women. He had a difficult time. He did not fit in with the British. He changed himself by wearing more modern clothes and taking classes such as dance. He found a society that was vegetarian and joined. He also found a vegetarian restaurant and had his first full meal since he arrived. He finished school and his exams. He then returned to India and realized that he had studied law, but had not learned how to practice it. He did not have knowledge about Indian law and worse of all, lacked ability to speak in public. He wasn’t able to speak in his first court case. Gandhi took an offer to work for a firm in South Africa. The firm needed someone with the knowledge of English language and law to represent them for a year.He went to South Africa and while he was riding on the train, a white man entered the first-class compartment in which Gandhi was sitting in and looked at him then left. He returned with two officials who told him to go to the third-class car. Gandhi claimed he had a first-class ticket and refuse...
