“A little hot under the collar about Hitler’s ways, I was determined to go out there and really show Der Fuhrer and his master race who was superior and who wasn’t.” i) State the setting of this experience of Jesse Owen’s life”? What was his state of mind before he arrived there?
2 Give the meaning of- “hot under the collar “? Why was Jesse feeling so?
3 What was Jesse’s first impression of Luz Long? How did it change?
4 What does Jesse consider his greatest Olympic prize? Why?
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Jesse Owens was hot under the collar as he did not approve of Hitler's Nazi way which boasted of Aryan supremacy. He was angry because of the racial prejudices meted out to his community.
He easily qualified for the finals right in his first attempt. This German player was Luz Long. Owens' mind was preoccupied with all sorts of thoughts about ...
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“ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʜᴏᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʀ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴛʟᴇʀ’s ᴡᴀʏs, ɪ ᴡᴀs ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ sʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴇʀ ғᴜʜʀᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀs sᴜᴘᴇʀɪᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀsɴ’ᴛ.” ɪ) sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴊᴇssᴇ ᴏᴡᴇɴ’s ʟɪғᴇ”? ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ʜɪs sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴏғ ᴍɪɴᴅ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ?
ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ- “ʜᴏᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʀ “? ᴡʜʏ ᴡᴀs ᴊᴇssᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ sᴏ?
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴊᴇssᴇ’s ғɪʀsᴛ ɪᴍᴘʀᴇssɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʟᴜᴢ ʟᴏɴɢ? ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴅ ɪᴛ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ?
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴊᴇssᴇ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀ ʜɪs ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴄ ᴘʀɪᴢᴇ? ᴡʜʏ?