Long Walk To Freedom

Author: Nelson Mandela

555/625 pages

Overall, even though it took some time to realize it himself, Nelson Mandela's main goal was his country's freedom. Nelson Mandela, from the early time of his 20's ran away from his home in Mqhekezweni and from this beginning of hardships to come, he realized slowly the racism and discrimination in South Africa. After years of going under hiding, being arrested, and pulled away from his beloved family, after the Rivonia trial from 1963-1964, Nelson Mandela and his colleagues were sentenced to life imprisonment. This did not relinquish their hopes, but being taken from his family, not able to even hold one's own wife's hand for nearly two-decades is a hard circumstance to be in. From all the obstacles Nelson Mandela had faced, including needing three surgeries, injustice in prison, and even controlling his own temper, the anger and desperation of being deprived of his family and memories were something he could never fully overcome. Yet anyone can agree that Nelson Mandela has overcome his many obstacles, even with the detestable conditions he lived through, Nelson Mandela lived a long accomplished life. I rest my case.