Question

What did being free mean to Mandela as a boy, and as a student? How does he contrast these “transitory freedoms” with “the basic and honourable freedoms”?
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Answer 1

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What did being free mean to Mandela as a boy, and as a student? How does he contrast these “transitory freedoms” with “the basic and honourable freedoms”?

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Like any other kid, Mandela felt freedom meant to be happy, make merry and enjoy the blissful life in his childhood years. However, when a young fellow becomes an adult, the antics of childhood looks like transitory because all the childish activities are worthless from an adult’s perspective. When a person becomes an adult, he learns to earn a livelihood and his own bread and butter. In such a scenario, he understands the basic and honourable freedoms in his family and the society that he lives in.

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Answer 2

$\implies$Mandela mentions that every man has twin obligations.

$\implies$As a boy, Mandela wasn't hungry to be free, because he felt he was born free.

$\implies$He builds the contrast between these two freedoms by stating that the transitory freedoms he wanted were limited to him, whereas the honourable freedoms had to do more with his and his people's position in the society.