Cry, the Beloved Country

Summer Assignment Topic A - Cry, the Beloved Country                 Alan Paton’s work is significant in that it highlights and analyzes, from both white and black perspective, the racial boundary and its effect on society as a whole. This boundary, as Paton emphasizes, has a diverse affect on different groups of people, as well as individuals. The way that those individuals react, in Paton’s book, defines whether or not those individuals are viewed as the enemy or the victim. While their initial

In Cry, The Beloved Country there are literal and figurative instances of justice and injustice. There is the injustice of race where the native South Africans must fight to preserve their culture. There is also injustice between brothers due to the conflict that rises between them. Several characters seem to have a basic grasp on what is right and wrong in regards to justice or injustice. In particular however, Absalom Kumalo comes to terms with his injustice seemingly quick while his father,Kumalo

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton is a stunning and all too accurate depiction of apartheid in South Africa. Even though the novel centers on John Kumalo and his struggling family, it subtly shows the social going ons of South Africa supposedly in 1948, when the book was written. Strong examples of this come across in the choral chapters of the novel. These chapters give voice to the people of South Africa. Chapter nine shows the struggles of being black during apartheid, chapter 12 shows the

In the book Cry, Beloved Country, written by Alan Paton in the 1940’s, a key theme is dealing with grief, loss, and ultimately forgiveness. There are two characters who are given the same type of situation yet they deal with it in very different ways. A poor, black, South African preacher named Kumalo had a son, Absalom, who moved to Johannesburg and committed some terrible crimes including murder. Absalom had been running with the wrong crowd for a while and it finally caught up to him. He is

subside the issue of inequality in a society. The exact problem is portrayed clearly in Alan Paton’s novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, through the journeys of the main characters. Inequality in Stephen Kumalo’s country is looped in a cycle that negatively impacts the society. Yet little effort is put into improving equality, which is handicapping their society. The lack of unification in one's country,

Alan Paton’s novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, is broken into three books and book one is organized around Stephen Kumalo’s search for his son, Absalom Kumalo. This search is a journey that leads to a new spiritual awareness in Stephen Kumalo. Thus, metaphors about the storm and the phoenix are metaphors used to develop the growth of Kumalo’s mind and heart as on how he will mend his tribe back together and continue to seek divine sustenance. The metaphor about a storm is one of the most important

A father who’s going through so much pain and suffering to help his son who has shamed him to the heart and soul and stills try his best to help out. In Cry, The Beloved Country, Stephen Kumalo goes to Johannesburg to bring Absalom back home, but finds out that he is a criminal, soon to be a father without marriage, and going to jail for murder. Kumalo is ashamed of his son for doing such things that Kumola “as a Christian” is against. Kumalo is a good father to Absalom by going to Johannesburg to

people, and to deliver them from the fear of being forsaken. This great responsibility is mainly contained to their sermon. Here they use the power of their voice to lift the people from their sorrows, and relieve them of their troubles. In Cry the Beloved Country, a Modern novel, written by Alan Paton, Paton utilizes a range literary devices to convey the duties of a pastor. The use of literary devices emphasizes the pastor’s duty to lift the spirits of the people. Kumalo and Msimangu travel to Ezenzeleni

“thank you”, as well as how to act in a variety of situations. Your parents teach you many of the socials skills you will need for the rest of your life, from when you get a job to when you start your own family; however, in Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country he suggests that it isn’t the way one is raised that determines the way someone acts, but the environment and the situations they are put in that determines how they act. Through Paton’s use of paradoxes he shows that the environment around

Nina Saghebi Honors English 10 25 June 2015 Cry, the Beloved Country Book I: (Pgs: 33-157) 1. Book 1 was told from a third-person omniscient point of view that was all-knowing and helped us better understand the thoughts of all the characters living in South Africa at the time. Though the first book focuses mainly of the character of Stephen Kumalo, a priest who has led a humble life with faith in God, is forced into being a fast learner of how city life works in South Africa. With such a man’s perspective