An Easy Summary of "Playing the English Gentleman"

             This essay Playing the English Gentleman is an account of Mahatma Gandhi’s struggle to mix with the English and the English society. He was studying law in London then.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi talked about how his life in London was not an easy one because he was a vegetarian and his friend did not appreciate this. His friend would find vegetarianism a hurdle in his development. One day Gandhiji was hesitant to eat in a restaurant because he was not sure whether the food was vegetarian or not. His friend became angry and told him that he was too clumsy for a decent society. This provoked Gandhiji to take measures and make himself suitable for the English society. For being the English Gentleman, Gandhi changed his dressing style for example, he wore a new suit, tie, hat, watches etc. and also took a few lessons like dancing, violin, and elocution but all in vain. After some days he realized that he was a student and he ought to go on with his studies.

Gandhi thought that he was there in London to study and he was not supposed to stay there all his life. After that he stopped trying to become the English Gentleman and began to concentrate on his studies.