My Children! My Africa

Is there a parallel between Mr. M and his search for change through peaceful and intelligent intervention, and another most important Mr. M (Nelson Mandela)? Discuss, substantiating your answers with proof from the play. “... Hope, has broken loose and his looking for food. Don’t be fooled by its gentle name. It is as dangerous as Hate and Despair would be if they ever managed to break out. You think I’m exaggerating? Pushing my …

…bit from the Mr. M and the young inexperienced Thami shows his face. Their main task was to sabotage the state with the least violence to individuals with the most damage to the state. Mr. Mandela’s eagerness to learn gave him all the knowledge he needed from books, as he as never even been a soldier, never fought a battle, never fired a gun. Now he was the commander and chief of an army.