<span>The
central idea of Nadine Gordimer’s essay, “1959: What is Apartheid?”, is to
persuade the National Party to end apartheid. Apartheid is a system enforced by
the government that segregates and discriminate the black people. When this was
published Apartheid is still prevalent, so the author just wants change.</span>
This means you take time to really assess the situation without jumping to conclusions that could lead to further problems.
Both blue highlighted lines show the inexperience of the French soldiers. Hope this helps, if so please mark as brainlyist.
-L