1. A happy combination of abstractand specific words:

1) abstract words: liberating,fulfilled satisfaction, pride,

    contact, freedom, cultivate, nourish;

2) specific words: to start agarden, to plant, to watch, to

    harvest, etc.

2. The use of parallel structures:

1) One can feel fulfilled by washing one’s clothes so that

they are particularly clean, by sweeping a hallway so that it

is empty of dust, by organizing one’s cell…(para. 2)

2) To plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it and then

harvest it, offered a simple but enduring satisfaction.

(para. 8)

3. The use of figurative language:

1) Leaders must also look after their gardens; they, too,

   plant seeds, and then watch, cultivate, and harvest the

   results. (metaphor, para. 9)

2) Like gardeners, leaders must take responsibilityf or

   what they cultivate… (simile, para. 9)

ØWhat has Mandela learned from gardening?

ØWhat do you think are the possible themes of the text?

1. Para. 1

The end of manual labor made it possible for Mandela to start a garden in prison.

2.Paras.2-7

Mandela’s gardening experience in prison.

3. Paras.8-11

The lessons Mandela learned from this gardening experience.