Hi everybody!
In the last
few English lessons at school, we approached a historical topic about a person
nowadays everybody knows. He was born 18th of July in a district of
Umata and fought his whole life for the rights of black people and against
Apartheid. Because of his fighting he had been in jail for a long time. So, do
you know whom we are talking about? - You’re right, it’s Nelson Mandela.
However, we
wanted talk a bit about his very impressing film, which tells us a lot about
his “long walk to freedom” – which is also the title of it. In my opinion the
most powerful scene had been the ending where Nelson Mandela was walking
through the whole big house for celebrating himself because he accomplished the
goal for being the president now. The scene showed very perfectly that his
thoughts were full of pride and happiness. In addition, the filming totally
enhanced the energy of this scene. This “long walk” showed perfectly how hard
this path was. Especially the last moment as he came out to the people was the
climactic scene and the music really went well with it.
A current
situation, which is similar to the one from Nelson Mandela, is that women are
still unfair treated in eastern countries. They cannot do anything against it –
because its tradition. They also did not have the same rights as others – and
so today.
We hope
that everyone will find a way to get on well with each other and live in a world
where all types of people are accepted, no matter if they’re black or white,
thin or chubby, poor or rich.
However
have a nice day and we’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Nina and
Corina
I do agree. This scene is a very powerful one. I especially liked, when Mandela walked through the hallway and the officials paid him respect - FINALLY, he was not called "Boy" anymore.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned that women still are treated in an unfair way in some countries. Today is the international women's day - can you give examples, how women are treated and what could be done?
Yeah, the first step is already done, as you said today is the international women's day. But there are a lot of things to do. For example in Austria we first should start by equaling the wages and salaries and not by criticising the official hymn. And after the goverment reachted these goals we can be a great example for other countries all over the world.
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