"Mandela's Death Leaves South America without its Moral Center" article by: The New York Times/ Victor Aguirre p.5

After reading, I think that Mandela's death made a change in peoples thoughts and even some people life by looking up to him on how he made a change and stood out with his feelings to the world. After reading the article, I found it interesting that even by being kept in prison 27 years for being convicted of treason by the white minority government, he did that to forge a peaceful end to white rul by negotiating with his caprtors after his release in 1990. What really caught my attention was that even by doing this, he wasnt't in a very good health condition. Mandela was suffering Pneumonia and other lung ailments for a while and kept on being in & out of the hospital. Mandela served as president from 1994 to 199 and then retreated public life at the age of 85. I think that overall what he has been through, MAndelas life and actions did make a change in people and b doing this many aspired and beleived in him and in what he did.