Unit 5 Nelson Mandela — a modern hero

topic sentence of 2nd paragraphsadly i did not have this passbook because i was not born there and i was worried about whether i would be out of work.topic sentence of 3rd paragraphthe day when nelson mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest day of my life.topic sentence of 4th paragraphthe last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.topic sentence of 5thparagraphwe first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed … only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.ii. a tree diagram(with key words of each paragraph placed in each box)elias’ life before meeting mandelaelias’ life after meeting mandelainformation of eliaselias’s problemmandela’s helpblack people’s problemssupport to mandelablack worker  difficult period  law firmsix  leave  not pay  gold mine  passbook  worried aboutelias’ storytell  help  correct papers  forget    joinno rights  vote  live  job  poorest areas  not grow foodposition  accept  fight peacefully  blow up  put in prison  realize  equal
iii. a retold passage of the textelias is a black worker in south africa. his family was so poor that he had to drop out of school at the age of eight. later on, he was able to work as a gold miner in johannesburg. but as he hadn’t got a passbook which was required if one wanted to live in johannesburg. he was worried about being dismissed. however, he was lucky enough to get some help from nelson mandela and managed to get the correct papers. after that, he began to know more mandela and his political ideas. he agreed with mandela’s views on the unfair laws against the black people and his idea about peaceful fighting. he also knew that all mandela wanted to do was to fight for equal rights for the black people. so he supported him heart and soul.section 2: background information on nelson mandela and others i. nelson mandelanelson rolihlahla mandela, (born 18 july 1918), before becoming president of south africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur. he is now almost universally considered to be a heroic freedom fighter. he spent his childhood in the thembu chiefdom before embarking on a career in law. the name madiba is an honorary title adopted by older male members of mandela's clan; however, in south africa the title is synonymous with nelson mandela.