what did being free mean to Mandela as a boy,and as a student? how does he contrast these"transitory freedom"with "the basic and honourable freedom"?
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As a boy Mandela free in every way he could freely run to the fields and swim in the stream. As long as he obeyed the law of his parents he was not troubled but he learned that this freedom was illusion As a student he wanted freedom himself. He wanted the freedom to stay out at night when he yearned basic and honorable freedom of achieving his potential he felt that he was not free his freedom was curtailed
As a boy, Mandela wasn't hungry to be free, because he felt he was born free. As long as he obeyed his father, and kept up with his tribe's traditions, he was safe in every way he knew. As a kid, he only wanted those "transitory freedoms" for himself, such as being able to stay out at night, reading what he liked, and going to where he wished. He then speaks about certain "simple honorable freedoms" such as recognizing his ability to earn his living, marry and have a child. He compares these two freedoms by saying that he was limited to the transitory freedoms he desired, while the noble freedoms had to do more with the role of his citizens in society.