Research Paper On Nelson Mandela

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Invictus and Mandela: “Is it Hollywood or is it History” Hollywood can exaggerate when it comes to history. After reading “Nelson Mandela” and watching Invictus, I think a few scenes of the movie where not part of the history of the Rugby World Cup 1995. Most of the the history of Nelson Mandela in the movie was accurate to the the book. After watching the movie, I would say the movie is more based on history than hollywood. Nelson Mandela had first realised the racism in South Africa when he was growing into adulthood. He wanted to help change the people’s minds and help bring the country together. He moved to the city to get a job as an apprentice to be a lawyer. He begins to join protest for unfair treatment. He gets married to Evelyn Mase in 1944. In April 1944, he joins the ANC. (Nelson Mandela Timeline) Mandela becomes the secretary of ANC youth league in 1947. The government starts to make stricter apartheid laws. He sees police brutality during a peaceful demonstration. ANC plans to create a civil disobedience campaign called the Defiance Act, but police arrest the people. Mandela starts practicing law but is banned from many …show more content…

Mandela was actually elected president in 1944 (Nelson Mandela Biography.) In a scene of the movie a plane flies overhead and scares the people thinking it was a terrorist attack. They were just telling the team good luck. This did actually happen. Laurie Kay, a pilot known for flying Boeing 747, flew right over Ellis Park before the Rugby World Cup. (1995 RWC) Nelson Mandela wore a Springbok jersey that was the same number that Francois was. On the day of the Rugby World Cup, Mandela did wear the jersey. (Nelson Mandela Unites a Nation with his Choice of Jersey) Before the game, Nelson gave Francois a paper. The paper he gave him was the poem “Invictus,” which he used while he was in prison. Nelson did give Francoise a paper but not the

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