NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela grew up in a normal African tribe called Mvezo. One day, he saw some Englishmen
for first time and thought that they were gods. He dealt with them with respect and fear
because he observed how the adults admired them.
When he
started to go to school his teacher asked his name and he answered: “My name
is Rolihlahla Mandela”. The teacher thought that it wasn’t an appropriate
name for the new society so he decided to call him Nelson.
When he was studying laws he decided to move to Johannesburg.
It was where he discovered the discrimination of the skin colour. The racism of
this society created inside African people a resentment that exploded as a
rebellion. He had been working in the African National Congress for the equal
rights but the government noticed and tried to shut up them. One day his son
asked him why he didn’t stay with the family and he answered: “In the world there were thousands of more
children that I have to care for.” His son was very surprised but Mandela
said it was the lousy truth.
The state had some revolutionary events and the
government declared the ANC illegal. He was arrested and was condemned to life
imprisonment. At the end, when he was accused about all crimes he said: “Yes, but you’re the true criminals.”
Nelson Mandela was discriminated; he didn’t
have trainers, received less sugar, less meat and less fish but his conduct
surprised all the guardians. They had never faced a prisoner with such dignity
and self-confidence as him. Years after, some African students were attacked by
the African army. Then, the spirit of Nelson Mandela relived and the society of
around the world reclaimed his freedom. After, the government let him free.
He was reclaimed a hero and won the Nobel Prize of
Piece. He
was the first elected in a democratic election where people independent of his
skin colour could vote. He served as President.
He achieved equality in the African society. Finally, Nelson Mandela died the 5th
of December 2013.
Some famous sentences that Nelson Mandela said were:
In my opinion, Nelson Mandela was trying to express if
children are educated they will know how to act to have a democratic state and
a peaceful place to life. It was one of the things that Mandela fought for when
he was in the presidency. He thought if children have education the country won’t
have to the relive the old experiences.
This sentences is one of the most famous because it
was what he said in public for first time after 27 years in prison. He wanted
to express that South Africa doesn’t have to relive the experience of
discrimination by people’s skin. He hoped that the society could live together
with no oppressions and no discriminations. Living everybody with equal rights.
For me this sentence means that to get a goal you
don’t have to use violence, discrimination, oppression…You have to try doing
good things and forgiving the people who has done a bad thing because if you
don’t do it you won’t get something that you want. Nelson Mandela gave the
example of South Africa.
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or
his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can
learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the
human heart than its opposite.”
Nelson Mandela wanted to explain
that you don’t hate by naturally, it’s because someone has taught you how to
hate people, but love is a thing that appears naturally. If you are able to
hate, of course that you’re able to love because love is easier than hate. I’m
agree because love comes from the heart, when you are young the first thing
that you experiment is the love, not the hate.
MIREIA BUXADERAS
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