CLASS 10
NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.”
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“Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.”
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“A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.”
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“There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: (i) Mandela felt that oppressor must be liberated because an oppressor is a prisoner of hatred, locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. Therefore, options (b) and (c) are correct.
Detailed explanation-2: -A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mandela always thought that both oppressors and oppressed are deprived of their humanity. The oppressor is a prisoner of anger, while the oppressed have no confidence in humanity. Therefore, both of them need to be liberated. He always wanted people to live with dignity and respect.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does Mandela mean when he says “the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed”? (pg. 850) Cite evidence from the text to support your response. Mandela means that people cannot be lovers of freedom as long as they are denying freedom to others.
Detailed explanation-5: -No one is free if he takes away someone else’s freedom. So, he said that the oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.