Did you ever, when you were little, endure your parents’ warnings, then wait for them to leave the room, pry loose protective covers and consider inserting some metal object into an electrical outlet? Did you wonder if for once you might light up the room? When you were big enough to cross the street on your own, did you ever wait for a signal, hear the frenzied approach of a fire truck and feel like stepping out in front of it? Did you wonder just how far that rocket ride might take you? When you were almost grown, did you ever sit in a bubble bath, perspiration pooling, notice a blow dryer plugged in within easy reach, and think about dropping it into the water? Did you wonder if the expected rush might somehow fail you? And now, do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home? . Ellen Hopkins
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When Nelson Mandela said, "Did you ever, when you were little, endure your parents' warnings, then wait for them to leave the room, pry loose protective covers and consider inserting some metal object into an electrical outlet? Did you wonder if for once you might light up the room?" He was giving a warning about people who have a bad habit of being too controlling and they stop at nothing to keep their children from doing what they want. In this case, his parents' warning is that they will do anything to prevent him from getting caught with an electrical cord sticking out of his mouth. He is now grown up and finally has the courage to go through with the electric shock he used as a child. This quote is an example of how Nelson Mandela had a lot of fear and fear can be overcome.

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