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The Renegade (Unit 1 Lesson 7):
A. Vocabulary Check
1. Hypocrisy – Practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform.
2. Immaculate – Free from flaws or mistakes.
3. Condescension – Attitude of patronizing superiority.
4. Serene – Calm, peaceful, untroubled.
5. Trample – Tread on and crush.

B. Comprehension Check
1. He looks rich, clothes came from the early 80s, president of a country.
2. It means that the brother has faith for the master. The master is the one supposed to be respected and obeyed.
3. The persona said it because there are certain things that the brother doesn’t take care of. The burning sun mean that he doesn’t care about the bad things happening around his society.
4. It means that he should at least do something for the people/civilians like: increasing police forces to stop criminals, build houses for the poor, etc.
5. The persona is disappointed to his brother because there are a lot of things, he need to fix for his
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Vocabulary Check
1. B. Lump
2. C. Practices
3. C. Existence at the present time
4. B. Set free from confinement
5. B. Understanding

B. Comprehension Check
1. Mandela served 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international pressure, and with fears of a racial civil war, President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990.
2. "For Mandela, politics has always been primarily about enacting stories, about making narratives, primarily about morally exemplary conduct, and only secondarily about ideological vision, more about means rather than ends."
3. Amid growing domestic and international pressure, and with fears of a racial civil war.
4. Mandela was widely considered a charismatic leader, born mass leader, image conscious, exceptionally intelligent, shrewd, and loyal leader.
5. Not yet confirmed whether he did achieve his goal or he did

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