Mandela realized in his youth that it was not just his freedom that was being curtailed, but the freedom of all **. The hunger for his own freedom gradually turned into hunger for the freedom of his people. This ** of a non-** society transformed him into a virtuous and self-sacrificing man. Thus, he joined the ** National Congress and this changed the fearful man to a fearless rebel. He sacrificed the comforts of a settled family life to **** for a greater cause.