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NELSON MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

 

COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

1. Mandela feels that courage is triumph over fear. How would you define courage in this context?

2. Mandela says that his country’s greatest wealth is its people and not the purest diamonds. Justify his statement.

3. Create a questionnaire of two most important questions that you would have liked to ask Nelson Mandela during an interview. Give your reasons for choosing those questions.

4. Your teacher organized a mini-debate competition in class on the topic:

Courage, Wisdom and Generosity are the ONLY attributes of a remarkable leader.

Write the debate script with two points to supplement your stand, either as a proposition speaker or as an opposition one.

5. You recently read a blog by your teen friend, on ‘Freedom-My Perception’.

You feel that your perception of freedom has seen a transformation after having read The Long walk to Freedom. Complete the dialogue in 120 words, with your friend, explaining your new understanding of freedom. You may begin like this:

Friend: I think the freedom to watch T.V. for extended hours or choose the kind of programmes I’d like to view is important.

You: ………………………………………………………

Friend: Hmmm. I still feel that the restrictions are not required. I want my freedom. I’m human too, am I not?

You: ………………………………….

 6. Struggles teach us many lessons. With reference to the times you struggled with mastering a skill or learning a concept, write about the lessons you learnt.

7. Freedom is inconsequential if it is behind bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness. How would you explain this statement? Support your answer with suitable examples from the real world.

8. After having read the lesson on the oppression that communities faced in South Africa, you were deeply hurt. You could also relate to the struggles and hardships of millions of Indians who fought against the oppressive British rule.

Write a diary entry expressing your feelings about oppression faced by people in their homeland. You may begin like this:

24 August 20XX, Monday 9:00 pm

 Dear Diary,

My heart is filled with sadness as I think of the oppressed who had to tolerate the inhuman attitude of the oppressors in their own land. …………………………

 

 

 9. Prejudice based on race and colour or any other reason causes profound hurt.

Write about any one character from the chapters in First Flight who was subjected to such prejudice? Discuss the consequence of this prejudice for the character.

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