Thème "myhts and heroes" - Anglais LV1 BAC

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présentation à l'oral d'une des trois notions exigibles au bac : mythes et héros (en anglais)

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[...] These people became known as the Afrikaners. In the early 1800's Great Britain seized the Cape Colony from the Dutch, also known as the Boers. The defeat of the Boers in the Anglo-Boers wars led to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 as a self governing state of the British Empire. In 1948 the National Party was voted into power and started a policy called apartheid. In this system, white people and black people were separated and the white people ruled the land. [...]

[...] His courage, outstanding achievements and noble qualities make him a true hero. CONCLUSION To conclude, we saw that nelson Mandela lived in a complicated world where, with the apartheid system, the inequalities between black and white where very strong. Even in the darkest times of his life, he never stopped fighting for his, and many others rights, which not only makes him a born leader but also one of the biggest heroes of all times. We can ask ourselves how life in South Africa is nowadays. [...]

[...] Nelson Mandela was the leader of the ANC. In 1994 apartheid was abolished and black people were allowed to vote. Now that I've talked about some historical facts, I'm going to clarify how nelson Mandela became an iconic hero. The document that sums up Mandela's challenging life best is the trailer of the movie Long Walk to Freedom" directed by Justin Chadwick and published in 2013. In this trailer, we noticed that a lot of black people were demonstrating on the streets against apartheid. [...]

[...] A myth can be defined as a story about gods or heroes. It can be a popular belief, a tradition or a false notion. A hero can be a mythological figure, a person who is admired for his or her achievements, a superhero an icon or maybe a role model. We are going to talk about the South African leader and hero Nelson Mandela. Why can Nelson Mandela be considered as a hero? First of all I'm going to talk about the historical context in which Nelson Mandela became stronger. [...]