"An Idea in Which I am Prepared to Die For"
~Nelson Mandela~
On April 20, 1964, in South Africa, all ears would be focused on one man. A man who was trying to make a difference, a man who was trying to find justice. This man who stood up to the white people and gave every black man,women and child a sign of hope that there is justice and equality in the world. This man, who would eventually die for his people was named Nelson Mandela. He was the speaker of Africa, the heart of Africa. He had an ideal a justice, demarcated nation and free society, in which people could come together in harmony. Nelson speech expresses power and hope for life. The way that he talks about his idea of a better place and what the people of Africa needs allows the listener see a different place, a better place. This man speech stood for every life in Africa, the old, the new and the sick. His voice would be heard and people will acted upon it. After this speech, their were changes in Africa. The whites fears of what was about to happen once the people of Africa would start to unite, would soon come true. To this day, I only know of a few people who would be willing give up their lives for what they believe in order to give their people freedom, like Jesus; being one of the willing. The speech Nelson Mandela gives is about the apartheid in South Africa. At this time he created a moving change that would soon become a great moment in history. Nelson Mandela is similar to the historical and political leader like, in America such as Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Susan B. Anthony, Lyndon B. Johnson and of course our founding fathers. They were all people who had an idea.Which they would fight for creating the American idea of equality from race, sex and religion and freedom. Like them Nelson Mandela's voice will be heard forever more in Africa as a Freedom fighter. The foundation of hope and justice for all people all over the world too see. He made people want to see and believe that there could be a better place. South Africa did finally end the battle of white vs. black. The country as a whole still has problems, that one man or women could never fight by themselves. The change needs to be done as a whole and that country can only be done if everyone comes together. And one day their nation will stand for something like America. There will be one of hope and justice.
From Burke's reading, we are able to establish the pentad of Nelson Mandela's speech. The act is Nelson Mandela presenting his speech, the scene is africa, the agent is the Africans (white and black), the agency is the speech and the purpose is for the apartheid to end, that justice is made to create a place of harmony. Each one meaning something different and each one having just as much value as the other. If you were to take one of them away, it would not have the same power and meaning that it gives. All five must act as one or the purpose itself would not be there. The purpose is the start and the end to something. It is what makes people believe and act upon their belief. Burke gives us the principles of the pentad, to allow one to think of these motives on ones own. To allow us to think while we read, listen or see.
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