Can the sentiment of Nelson Mandela about freedom be applied to A Tiger in the Zoo?
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In Mandela’s speech ‘an extraordinary human disaster’, he wanted to express the practice of Apartheid in South Africa. During this practice, there was a racial segregation of people based on colour and the Black people suffered the most as they were discriminated by the rest. They could not enjoy the right to freedom. Mandela was jailed as a prisoner for 18 years on the infamous ‘Robben Island’ where he was mistreated by the authorities. He considered it as “great glorious human achievement” that he became the first Black President of South Africa where the Blacks were deprived of basic needs and suffered different kinds of discrimination and were treated badly.
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Everybody whether human or other creature wants to live free as
freedom is natural to all living beings . The value of freedom is better known
to that human being who has not tasted it till he gets it. A person who is
chained with the limits and not allowed to perform his duties freely, values
freedom more than anyone else.
For instance the value of freedom is known better to Mandela who remained
behind the bars most of his life. Think about a bird or animal which is caged
as they have the habit of living with full freedom but in the cage they are not
free and their conditions are pitiable.
Similarly , life becomes a hell if we are deprived of freedom. There is no
growth of civilisation as it grows only when one has freedom. As if a man is free to do his duties, he can produce better results. An oppressed person
always commits mistakes and unable to perform well, so freedom is important for the growth of civilization.