Stealing and Atonement
- Gandhi and a relative begin smoking cigarettes. Man, he's going downhill fast. He even steals to support the habit.
- The lack of independence from their elders leads them to decide to commit suicide. But, they chicken out.
- Somehow, the abandoned scheme gets them to quit smoking and stealing. As an adult, Gandhi doesn't smoke. (Good call, Gandhi.)
- Gandhi does steal one more time, at age 15. But, he feels bad about it and decides to confess to his father in a letter.
- His father reads the confession and cries. The teenager sees the forgiveness and interprets it as a lesson in ahimsa (non-violence).