• How did I see reconciliation in the movie?

At the beginning of the movie, they showed a road, and on one side there were white kids playing rugby, and on the other side, there were black kids playing soccer. Throughout the movie, the black people didn’t have anything to do with rugby. Then towards the end, they started joining together through Nelson Mandela.

• How did I see the young kid change from the beginning of the movie to the end?

The young kid at the very beginning was playing soccer with all the other black kids from his town. Towards the middle of the movie he was given a rugby jersey/shirt and he refused to take it. Then, at the end of the movie during the rugby world cup, the young kid was outside the stadium trying to listen in on if the South African team was winning. Well, when they won he got very excited. So he changed from not liking rugby at all, to getting very excited when they won.

My understanding of Africa has changed a little, I had an idea of Africa being poor, sick, hot, etc. But now I realize Africa is very diverse. Not all of Africa is hot like a desert, during the wet season it can get pretty cold, and now that I know how diverse Africa is I know that not all of Africa is poor or sick like I thought. Some of Africa is, it kind of depends where you are. I always knew Africa had animals we don’t see every day but they also have animals we do see, like goats and other animals. When I thought about the people living in Africa I thought of black, sick, and poor. But actually, not all people in Africa are black. Some are but quite a lot aren’t. Also, not all people have access to medicine like some people do. The more wealthy people have a connection to the internet and to a cell phone.