Research Paper On Invictus

Introduction

The South African sports drama Invictus, portrays Nelson Mandela, the leader of the South African nation, striving to dismantle the nation’s history of apartheid. François Pienaar, the Caucasian captain of the South African rugby union team, met with Nelson Mandela, and later lead his team to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. This film not only showed the struggle of how integration was a daily challenge faced by the citizens of this country, but how Nelson Mandela forgave the people who committed him to a jail term for many years. This sports drama shares the story of the World Cup Rugby match that unified the South African nation.

Three Important Historical Points

In this awe-inspiring film, Nelson Mandela watched a rugby match between South Africa and England. As he watched the game, he slowly noticed that most of the black South Africans in the stadium were cheering for England, which consisted of mostly black athletes. He also noticed that the whites of South Africa were cheering for South African

Nelson Mandela believed in civil rights for the people of his country and that even though South Africa seemed to be segregated in many ways, winning the Rugby World Cup in 1995 could unify them as a country. You can’t always be a passive observer to the events that happen around you. It’s important to speak up and be heard. It’s also important to not hold grudges of past events because they are over and done with and are no longer relevant. It’s best to keep moving forward and keep striving for what is right and just in the world. Standing up and speaking out adds passion to one’s existence. Nelson Mandela cared so much about his country; he put aside the fact that he spent so many years in a small prison cell away from his family that he decided to ignore it for the goodness of his