Bihar Board Class 10 · English · Matric exam 2027
Chapter 5: Acceptance Speech — notes
The chapter’s 6 parts in the book’s order — the first idea of each and the points Medha Ma’am writes on the board — and the summary at the end. The full lesson and a check question for each part are in the app.
1. Who gave this speech, and why her son?
Okay, so, this speech is called the Acceptance Speech.
- • Aung San Suu Kyi: born 19 June 1945, Rangoon
- • Leader, National League for Democracy, Burma
- • Won Rafto Prize and Sakharov Prize (1990)
- • Won Nobel Peace Prize (1991)
- • Speech delivered by her son Alexander Aris
- • Place: Oslo, Date: 10 December 1991
2. The prize belongs to all the people of Burma
Okay, so let's look at this part.
- • Prize accepted in the name of all people of Burma
- • People sacrifice: well being, freedom, lives
- • Goal: a democratic Burma
- • "Theirs is the prize" — theirs will be eventual victory
- • Struggle: for peace, freedom and democracy
3. The plight of the people of Burma
Okay, so let's talk about the plight of the people of Burma.
- • Plight = condition of suffering
- • Poverty and destitution in countryside and towns
- • Prisoners: battered and tortured
- • Young people dying of malaria in jungles
- • Buddhist monks: beaten and dishonoured
- • Senior leaders: incarcerated (imprisoned)
4. A larger, worldwide struggle
Okay, so now Aris widens the picture for us.
- • Rangoon struggle = part of worldwide struggle
- • Goal: emancipation of the human spirit
- • Emancipation = liberation (socially, politically, legally free)
- • From: political tyranny and psychological subjection
- • Tyranny = cruel government; Subjection = control
- • Oslo event falls on International Human Rights Day
5. The world applauds, and calls for release
Okay, so let's look at what happens after the Nobel prize.
- • International community applauds the committee's choice
- • UN passed a unanimous, historic resolution
- • Secretary-General: Javier Perez de Cuellar
- • UN endorsed appeals for her early release
- • Release sought from: detention (imprisonment)
6. The closing call: let a new age dawn
Okay, so let's come to the end of the speech.
- • Avoid: indifference, cynicism, selfishness
- • Nobel Peace Prize encapsulates ideals of humanism
- • Martin Luther King Jr.: humanity must leave racism and war
- • Genuine brotherhood and peace > diamonds, silver, gold
- • Closing line: "Let a new age dawn!"
Summary
Okay, so let's close this chapter together. This is Aung San Suu Kyi's Acceptance Speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. She couldn't be there herself, so her son, Alexander Aris, read it out for her, in Oslo, on 10 December 1991. He starts by saying the prize isn't just hers — it belongs to all the people of Burma. Why? Because they're the ones giving up their comfort, their freedom, even their lives, for a democratic Burma. Think about that for a moment. He then talks about how these people are suffering — some are poor, some are in prison, some are young people dying of malaria. Even monks are mistreated, and their leaders are locked away. See, he connects all this to something bigger — a struggle happening all over the world, to free the human spirit from tyranny. And here's a nice touch — this speech falls on International Human Rights Day. He also mentions how the world applauded her cause, and how the United Nations passed a resolution asking for her release. Finally, he ends with words from Martin Luther King Jr. — that brotherhood and peace are worth more than diamonds, silver or gold. And the speech closes with that powerful call, "Let a new age dawn!" Now tell me — why do you think he calls it "our prize" and not "my mother's prize"?
AskMedha · Medha Ma’am — Bihar Board Class 10 English, Chapter 5. Written from the textbook, checked twice.
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