AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Nelson Mandela has written of his dark years in Robben Island as prisoner. He is 46 years old that time and was undergoing life sentence as a political prisoner. He is a man who not relies on assumptions and predictions of others. This can be seen with his thought when Lieutenant Van Wyck offered a prediction on their early release. He too seems not excited with simple things. When his friends were excited about the plane trip, he remained calm and did not show the sign of anxious. He is a strategist person. He examined the scenery from the plane instead of admiring it and said that it is a good place to fight. He is also a brave man. He is not scared to voice his opinion. In addition, he also complained regarding the cell and the short trousers. He is a fair person where he insisted that all his African prisons should be treated in the same way in terms of wearing the long trousers. He is also a helpful person where he helped his friend Kathy in prison while doing works. He described Lieutenant Van Wyck as a pleasant fellow. He described his seven friends (Walter, Raymond, Govan, Kathy, Andrew and Elias) as being excited with the plane trip. He said Kathy as a slender fellow as he was not used with hard physical labor. Kathy was an Indian. He too has other friends from the prison namely George Peake, Dennis Brutus, Billy Nair, Neville Alexander, Fikile Ban and Zephania Mothopeng.