“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Discuss it with reference to the context and also how courage is related to the brave man.
Answer: In this chapter, the author has defined the brave as the one who has the courage to conquer fear. Say that if you are courageous you can achieve whatever you want. Fear should not come in your way. As in the case of Mandela, although he belonged to the black community and faced a lot of problems even then he achieved the feat of freedom. Fie was brave in real sense of the term.

It was also his thought that the brave man does not feel fear but he conquers that fear. If you feel afraid then you can’t overcome fear. He had not adequate resources. So, we can say that through this, he became such an acclaimed and popular leader at international level. But it was his courage, determination and willpower that he led the Apartheid Movement at such a large scale and led the country to freedom.