Write one paragraph from "The Long Walk to Freedom" on how Mandela uses contrasting ideas and irony to express his understanding of the meaning of freedom. Cite examples from the text.

In the text, we can see how Nelson Mandela contrasts a primitive form of freedom that he enjoyed when he was young: the freedom to run around as a kid, and do as you please as long as you obey your fathers, to the freedom of reaching your full potential, as an adult man.

And it is the latter form of freedom that he could not enjoy because he was black, and black people in South Africa, at the time, had many restrictions and were treated worse than White People.

Mandela explains that it was this kind of freedom that he lacked, and it was this lacking that pushed him to become a revolutionary, with all the negative consequences that such decision had to his personal life (spending decade in jail, away from his family, being in danger, etc).

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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