NELSON MANDELA THE EARLY YEARS With a partner discuss the following questions a) What is happening in the cartoon? where is it set? when is it set? who are the people what is the situation? b) What does the clothing of the children tell us about them? c) What tells us that this is a rural school 3. Now study what the teacher says: a) Given the question she has asked them, what kind of answer do you think she was expecting b) What does she mean by "This one can't make up his mind? How many answers did he give c) The viewers now know something that the teacher didn't at that time. This is where the humour lies. Explain this statement. d) Do you think that as a boy Mandela really decided to be all those different things? Explain your answer. e) Can you explain how the cartoonist knew that Mandela would become all of these things

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.