A Long Walk to Freedom- Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela in his view as, Long Walk to Freedom argues through with(predicate) the first five separate that a black case-by-case must deal, coop, and grow through a society that is hindering their lives with apartheid and suppression of their rightful land. Rolihlanla Mphakanyiswa or clan name, Madiba was born(p) on July 18, 1918 in a simple village of Mvezo, which was non addicted to the happenings of to the south Africa as a whole. His return was an respected man who lead a good life, besides lost it because of a dispute with the magistrate.While, his set out was a hard-works woman honest of daily choirs. His childhood was full of vie games with fellow children and having fun. In school, Mandela was given his English name of Nelson. After his fathers death, he moved to love with a trustee, who was a booming individual and owed Nelsons father for a previous favor. The next virtually(prenominal) years were full of schooling for Nelson. These schools receptive Ne lsons eyes to legion(predicate) an(prenominal) an(prenominal) things, which we will discuss later. He and the regents son, Justice headstrong to travel to Johannesburg and see what work they could find.They left on their journey without the regents permission, completely if eventually escaped his power and settled rase in the town. In Johannesburg, Nelson settled depressed in a integrity of nature firm as an assistant and went to University of in the south Africa and Witwatersrand University to further his law education. witswatersrand University brought umpteen new ideas to Nelson and awakened a olfaction inside of him. The next virtually(prenominal) years, Nelson met many new political friends and began his involvement in the ANC. Also during this cartridge holder, he met Evelyn and they became married.Gradually Nelsons political involvement grew and his family life declined. Nelson and his good friend, Oliver Tambo opened a law firm, which took up most of Nelsons time. Evelyn mo thitherd two of Nelsons children, only the gradually grew apart. Now, Nelson was an important political individual and bans and clinking began to follow him around. whiz day, a young woman came into his life by the name of Winnie and they got married. Winnie gave save to two more of Nelsons children. As time passed, Nelsons spirit for emancipation grew more and more each day.Though his life was full of bannings and jailings, he neer gave up his fight, precisely he knew that the south African government was becoming agitated with him and the ANC. The South African government became pitiless and strict and this forced Nelson to leave his family. After he left his family, he went underground. Nelsons life has been full of hardships and decisions, but his heart for the struggle has never faltered. Now exit us examine Nelson in closer detail. Nelson is an individual who fought through many hardships, but was as well faced with decisions that affected his future , his family, and his livelihood.As we look at Nelson deeper, we can see many interesting points. He was opened to new ideas and beliefs through his experiences in the schools of Heraldtown and Fort Hare, but knew there was something make better. He decided to travel to Johannesburg to find new and capitaler opportunities. While, in Johannesburg, he believed education would be a key asset. While working for a small firm, he took classes at University of South Africa and eventually wits University. Here is where his mind and social life flourished. He interacted with great minds and influential political individuals.He talked to many Africans without proper education, who contained more knowledge and better social skills than many Africans with education. But, he still persisted in acquiring his B. A. Wits University brought his life to new extents. He was also talking to Indians, Coloureds, and whites for the first time in his life and Becoming friends with many more prominent Afr ican individuals. Nelson soon joined the ANC and became real prominent in the fight for freedom. Nelson was always open to listening to new ideas, but when his was just starting his fight.He believed that just Africans should fight the struggle and that the Indians, Coloureds, and communists would hinder their fight. As the ANC grew, Nelson also became wellspring known. He was part of the Youth League, a nonher(prenominal) beneficial part of the ANC. Nelson was non president yet, but was powerful enough to voice is opinions, which many plenty listened to and believed in. As Nelsons political involvement grew, the police became more awake(predicate) of him. Nelson received ban after ban, which ranged from months to years. He also experienced jail time constantly. Eventually, the polices pursuit of him forced him to go underground.Nelson was also becoming more open-minded. He now believed that the fight should involve the Indians and the Coloureds. He also believed that Communis m did pack some good points, but he would never accept the whole communism aspect. There were many freedom fighters in South Africa. One that stood out was Dr. Xuma. Dr. Xuma was friend of Nelson and the president of the ANC, but the struggle forces many hardships on ones life. Nelson gave everything up to chase after his fight for freedom. He left his family, his prospering law firm, and his past for the struggle.Dr. Xuma believed in the same ideas as Nelson, but would not give up his intumescency with the whites and his blotto occupation for the struggle. This decision had to be made by many freedom fighters. Nelson gave his life for the fight. While, Dr. Xuma thought his career was more important. Now let us look closer at some issues seen through Mandelas arrest. Through this paragraph, I will compare foreign decide seen in Long Walk to Freedom to foreign influence seen in Mexico through Professor Hornibrooks lectures and notes. As I have seen through your lectures, South Africa was affected by foreign influence from the British and the Dutch.Mandelas register helps give more detailed accounts of the European influence seen in South Africa. Ever since Mandela was born, the Europeans power affected his spate. European influence could be seen through every aspect of life. In Mandelas school, he was given an English name and this was because this was the custom among Africans in those days and was doubtlessly due to the British bias of our education. (14) Also, the education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions were automatically fictional to be superior.There was no much(prenominal) thing as African culture. (14) This shows that it was difficult to get away from the British influence even for children in school. The British and the Dutch governments passed several acts that were instituted to fight against the Africans freedom struggle. The Africans struggle for liberty was slowly growin g and this scared the government. A new term was creation seen and it was called apartheid. The government enacted laws and acts that prohibited Africans from doing many an(prenominal) things that were vital to their fight and survival. The Group Areas telephone number was one example.This act called for each racial group to be garbled into separate areas. Another act was the Population Registration Act, which showed that race had amaze the most important and influential aspect of South African law and society. Another act was the Suppression of Communism Act. This act called for all communists to be brought to trial. The police could arrest anyone they believed were trying to overthrow the government by emphasis and communist ways. Lastly, the government put bans on individuals who were becoming to involved in the struggle and finally the government banned the ANC and all other firing groups.This ban now made freedom struggle was illegal in South Africa. The effect of fore ign influence was drastic. Africans lost sense of African culture in schools. While, the foreign government tried everything to break down the Africans chance for liberty. The foreign influence seen in South Africa crushed the Africans hope and survival. While this was occurring in South Africa, Mexico was also see the effect of foreign influence. Americans and Europeans came into Mexico and gained much power. Haciendas helped their rise and foreign investment in many minerals and oil. But, Mexico did not approve of this and changed it.In 1917, Mexico created a new constitution, which control foreign investment and promised land reform. This showed that Mexico did not want an overpopulation of foreigners and would not allow it. While, in oil, the foreigners controlled much of the oil, which Mexico had an abundance of. In 1938, oil workers went on study and the companies would not give in, but instead of allowing foreign influence to let too powerful. The Mexican leader, Cardenas sent in arbitrators. The arbitrators called for the one/third net increase, but the companies refused. Therefore, Cardenas nationalized oil and limited the power of foreign influence in Mexico.Now, Mexican oil was controlled by PEMEX, which is controlled only by Mexico. Mexico become a large influence in the oil market during the oil crisis, but also went though hyperinflation and eventually needed some foreign help. But, the Mexicans would not allow foreign influences to dominate the Mexican state as foreigners have affected South Africa. Now I will examine another issue seen in the book. In this paragraph, I will examine the presence seen in Long Walk to Freedom to the social movement seen in china during the 1900s. In South Africa, the movement I saw was the Africans conflict for freedom.In their time of struggle, they had little help from those with power. The liberation movement involved peasants, educated, and well-heeled Africans. But, the government did what ever they could to put down this struggle. They set up organizations, such as the ANC, Youth League, and others, but as seen in other places the wealthy and powerful would not help the struggle. Many people were blind to the struggle. almost of these wardresses had no idea why we were in prison, and gradually began to discover what we were fighting for and why we were willing to risk jail in the first place. (249)Many individuals did not realize what the Africans were really fighting for and why the government was harassing them, but slowly they were learning. Seeing prominent and educated white women discussing serious matters with a black man on the basis of perfect equality could only lead to the weakening of the wardresses apartheid assumptions. (249) The government tried to separate whites from blacks so whites would not turn sympathetic towards the Africans fight. This scared olfactory sensation made the government acts and laws stricter and harsher towards the African struggle.There fore, in South Africa, the movement received little help from the people who had influence in the country and the help they truly needed. While, in China, their movement involved their peasants and they had help, which truly helped their struggle. Mao state that In a very short time, several hundred million peasants will rise exchangeable a mighty storm They will sweep all the imperialists, warlords, overthrow officials, local tyrants and evil gentry into their graves (Mao, 24) Here Mao stated that the peasants would destroy the landlords and corrupt individuals.He helped the peasants by making some reforms. He gave peasants land and made marriages a free choice. He also instituted the nose candy Flowers Campaign. This campaign allowed peasants to speak out and have freedom of speech. We see here that the peasants had help in their struggle, while the Africans had very little. This assistance helped the peasants to get the things they were fighting for. Mandelas Long Walk to Fre edom, helped show the rise of an incredible individual, who fought with many of his countrymen against the oppression and apartheid of white supremacy in South Africa.Throughout the book, I have seen Nelsons open-mindedness. Nelson always listened to communist ideas and Indian goals, eventhough he did not agree with them. Nelson faced many hardships through his struggle and this had to cause some resentment against his oppressors. But if anyone would not be bias in his writing, I would say it would be Nelson Mandela. He has showed in his book that he is great individual and that he will not let his past feeling cloud his writing. You can see his feelings in his book and that is what makes it so good, but I believe he does not hide anything from us on both sides of the stories.In conclusion, Mandelas autobiography is a brilliant book written by an incredible individual. I wish I could of hire the whole book for this bear witness, but that was not possible. It is hard to write an es say on the first 5 parts when I know some things that happened further in the book. I did not know if I should accept that information in the essay, but I did not involve it. This book helped to show the other side of the story. We always hear the victors story and in this class we got to hear the other side of the story.