“BaTTLe FoR EvErYoNe”

With Dr. Edwin, we read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela in "The Long Walk To Freedom". He rose above the prison, the torture and the inequality and I believe it is worth for him. Nelson's story did inspire me, but sometimes I wonder, what if the end of his story ended the opposite? Through reading his autobiography, students will be able to identify and recognize Nelson's personality as strong-willed man in history. Imagine the psychological torture that he had to go through in order to break his spirit from fighting for equality. In fact, according to Dr Edwin, the treatment describe in the text is just like our country's ISA. It is tough when all your personal documents, your passion, your beliefs are wiped out in order to break your spirit. Indeed, Nelson Mandela is an extraordinary person and deserved to be respected because of his pure intention and fight.

Other than learning from the battle of Nelson Mandela, I think reading autobiography is also an interesting activity that can be adapted in language classroom. Students sometimes are easily to get bored with all the fact-to fact reading materials while autobiography will provide a new taste of passion in readings. In fact, through autobiography, students will be able to learn about others' beliefs, their personality and point of view over an issue. They will learn and make relevance out of the text to their life. I think reading this kind of text will make reading class as well as the language class more remarkable to students. they will develop not only in their language skills but also their personality by reading others' autobiography.