Question

nelson mandela (1918 - 2013) was president of south africa from 1994 to 1999. in his inauguration - day speech, mandela refers to the end of apartheid, a south african social policy of racial segregation that lasted from 1948 to 1991. in 1962, the united nations encouraged countries to cut political and economic ties with south africa because of apartheid and the following year mandela received a lifetime prison sentence for his protests against apartheid. freed in 1990, he won the 1994 election. from in his own words inauguration as president address to the nation at the inauguration of nelson mandela as president of the republic of south africa. union buildings, pretoria 10 may 1994 1 today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud. 2 our daily deeds as ordinary south africans must produce an actual south african reality that will reinforce humanitys belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all. all this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well represented here today 3 to my compatriots, i have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld. each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal this sentence is from the passage. “out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.” (paragraph 1) how does beginning with this statement support the purpose of mandelas speech? 1 it acknowledges the suffering of the past and then shifts to the hope and possibility of a brighter future. 2 it emphasizes the length of time under the old system to suggest that rebuilding must happen quickly or it will fail. 3 it underscores that society has made a terrible mistake and then cautions people against repeating that mistake. 4 it highlights the importance of experience to convince people that they have chosen the right leader for a new government.

Explanation:

The statement first acknowledges the long - lasting human disaster of apartheid (the suffering of the past). Then it looks forward to the birth of a society that all of humanity will be proud of, which represents hope and possibility for a brighter future. This aligns with Mandela's speech purpose of moving past the dark history and building a better South Africa.

Answer:

1. It acknowledges the suffering of the past and then shifts to the hope and possibility of a brighter future.