Critical (short) Essay on Chapters 1,2,3 of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
UG - Semester I - Part II English (TANSCHE) Unit 1. SELF-AWARENESS(WHO)&POSITIVE THINKING(UNICEF) Life Story 1.2 An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Chapters 1, 2 & 3) By M.K.Gandhi Critical Essay: Introduction My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi is an autobiography detailing his life and spiritual journey. The first three chapters—"Birth and Parentage," "Childhood," and "Child Marriage"—lay the foundation for Gandhi’s self-reflection and moral evolution. Birth and Parentage In "Birth and Parentage," Gandhi introduces his family background, born in 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, to a modest, devout Hindu family. His father, Karamchand, was a principled diwan, and his mother, Putlibai, deeply religious, shaping his early values. Childhood "Childhood" recounts Gandhi’s shy, introspective nature and early moral dilemmas. He describes stealing to settle a debt and his subsequent guilt, highlightin...