Hallo! Ich habe eine Aufgabe einer Englisch LK Klausur bearbeitet. Es handelt sich hierbei um den Ausschnitt aus No Future Without Forgiveness von Desmon Tutu.
Die Fragestellung ist : Describe the atmosphere in South Africa on the day of the election in 1994.
Nun möchte ich gerne wissen, ob ich Sachen vergessen habe bzw. Fehler in meinem Text habe in Sachen Correctness, Style und Content etc.
Verbesserungen sind erwünscht!
Gruß
Desmond Tutu: The Turning Point
The following excerpt from the memoir No Future Without Forgiveness is written by Desmond Tutu. Tutu reports the turning point, the first democratic election on the 27th April 1994, from his own perspective.
It was the significant turning point where apartheid ended. For most of the people, it was their very first time to vote. Desmond Tutu observed many impressions which he referred in his memoir. Firstly, he describes that there was an electric air of excitement and great anticipation. The crowds cheered, sang and danced. Tutu compares this day as a festival. The mistrust turned into belief in a new government by every citizen. At the polling station, huge crowds assembled and built up long lines. The participation was bigger than ever before. Delays piled up because of an insufficient preparation of Ballot papers and ink pads. But the people don´t mind the circumstances. They also shared their food, newspapers, and umbrellas. Tutu makes the reader attentive about the symbolic of togetherness and kindness. They shared a common humanity, that race, ethnicity and skin color were irrelevancies. This evidence shows the importance was noticeable. All kind of labor layers and skin colors came together. Upper, middle, and lower classes and poor. It was the first step in the right direction of the black community to get their rights and votes back. Desmond Tutu reports that there were also anxiety and fear. The long lines were vulnerable despite a conspicuous police and security presence. In Tutus memoir, he makes attentive that a terror attack by the right-wing sector could disrupt the election and lead into chaos. Bombs had been going off right, left and in the center of Johannesburg days before the election started. Fortunately, it didn´t happen anything at the election. Finally, the hopes of each South African citizen were a decent home, running water, electricity, a good job, a safe environment and good schools for their children. Nothing more was expected and needed.
