CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What makes A Long Walk to Freedom an autobiography?
A
It is the true story of a person’s life, written by another person.
B
It is a mix of fact and fiction.
C
It is the true story of a person’s life, written by that person.
D
It is a fictionalized story of a person’s life by that person.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography credited to South African President Nelson Mandela. It was ghostwritten by Richard Stengel and first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years spent in prison.

Detailed explanation-2: -The film is based on the 1995 autobiographical book Long Walk to Freedom by anti-apartheid revolutionary and former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Detailed explanation-3: -Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history’s greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life–an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the theme of Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom? The story revolves around the theme of getting freedom after a very long struggle due to the courage of all the people who sacrificed so much for equality and peace in the country, much like India’s own freedom struggle.

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