The Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi

A book with a very clever and revealing title. In my reading of the book, the title refers to the fact that his autobiography is going to experiment with telling you some truths and not all the truths. Gandhi experiments with telling readers the ‘true’ story of his life. The title is a frank admission that not all things can or should be told. A lesson that you as the writer of your letter have the power to be selective.

Gandhi makes it easier to read his biography by breaking his nearly 500 page book into five parts with a total of 167 chapters. It is easier to get through chapters that are only four to five pages long. This is a good technique to make both the writing and the reading easier.