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In this fictional novel, written by Alan Paton, the author gives light to many different social issues including apartheid, prostitution, alcoholism, and many more. Through these social issues, Paton idolizes many characters throughout this narrative due to their behavior and actions taken during these matters. Beyond conventional issues, this book poses its own issues, some in accordance with the national issues, and some not. Through Paton’s use of expressive diction, graphic imagery, and examples

Change can be difficult for nurturing individuals. Alan Paton examines this problem in Cry, the Beloved Country. Throughout the story, Paton adds specific personalities to his characters to contribute to change. Characters in Cry, the Beloved Country went through hardships that changed them to realize reality and its outcomes. Paton accordingly creates a picture throughout his story to explain the problems in South Africa. There are many contributing factors of Paton’s idea to identify as being

It is no new information that God tends to directs the ordinary people out of their normal lives and make something great out of them. This reprsents what occured in Stephen Kumalo's life from the book Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Those who live broken and imperfect are the people God sees something special in. Grabbing these people out of their brokenness and make the world better through them. Like all the other ordinary people that contributed in God's plan, Stephen Kumalo's journey

Msimangu once told Stephen Kumalo, “I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find we are turned to hating” (Paton 71). Showing love to others is paramount when it comes to striving to live like Jesus rather than judging others for what they have or have not done. Even the most high up people who appear to have no flaw within them are just as fallen and broken as the rest of society. In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country, Stephen Kumalo, a parson

parallels and contradictions of biblical allusions, Alan Paton is able to explain the impact of racial inequality in South Africa, but signifies how unconditional love and hope can be used to overcome fear and bring restoration to both the land and it’s inhabitants. Arthur’s allusion represents the overall battle of good versus evil and the fight for equality. King Arthur and Arthur Jarvis were well liked, and respected by the people. Paton states “the church had been too small for all who wanted

the writing of novels, and connect specific themes to the Bible. Throughout Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton has placed numerous biblical allusions, corresponding to the common theme of Man’s relationship with God. Some of these allusions pertain to actual verses from the Bible placed into the story. Others are abstract and are representations of themes from the Bible. Generally, Alan Paton has ingeniously placed biblical allusions to emphasize the relationship between man and God. Imagine an eden

will not forsake them helps one with building a strong connection with him. It is through this faith that Stephen, a priest, and devoted father, is able to find hope in the dark world he faces. Throughout the book Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton the flawed main character, Stephen Kumalo is able to go through the redemption cycle because of his relationship with God. Stephen is able to complete the redemption cycle when he sins, exhibits his flaws, against his sister Gertrude because of his

It is no new information that God tends to take the ordinary people out of their normal lives and make something great out of them. This is exactly what happened to Stephen Kumalo in the book Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. It is those are are broken and imperfect that God sees something special through. Taking these people out of their brokenness and make the world better through them. Like all the other ordinary people that got brought up by God, Stephen Kumalo’s journey was no different

Abraham Lincoln once stated that, “If you look for the bad in people and expect to find it, you surely will.” Stephen struggles with detecting the faults in other people's lives throughout the book Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Anticipating people to embody a bad reputation could ruin his relationships with the people he meets. When Stephen, a father and Umfundisi looking for his family, visits his son’s girlfriend and his sister in the city of Johannesburg, the conditions they live in

etc, as did the roles in the novel. Alan Paton uses a strong voice packed with imagery in his passage, “For they grow red and bare; they cannot hold the rain and mist, and the streams are dry in the kloofs. Too many cattle feed upon the grass, and too many fires have burned it. Stand shod upon it, for it is coarse and sharp, and the stones cut under the feet. It is not kept or guarded, or cared for, it no longer keeps men, guards men, cares for men” (Paton, 34). The overwhelming senses of touch and