Invictus
I have recently seen the film Invictus (well actually I’ve seen it twice because it’s so good). The film is about when Nelson Mandela is released from prison on Robben Island and he wants Francois Pinard to win the Rugby World Cup as it will make South Africa very popular. It stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pinard. Here is the poem that the film is based on. I especially like the last verse. Have a look at Invictus.
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
