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Cry, The Beloved Country (City Vs. Village)
In Undertaking a Journey, an elderly Zulu priest finds himself switching from one scenery to another in a short period of time. Coming from a small and peaceful village, Kumalo goes to Johannesburg and finds himself in a whole new place he is not use to; the city. There are many differences between a small village and a huge crowded city, but there are three ways to compare them that stand out. These three settings are: physically, socially, and spiritually. The first of three ways to compare the city and the village is physically. In chapter one, Paton gives tons of imagery of the village he lives in such as how clean it is, how beautiful it is, the green grass, the village having lots of flowers, and it being very peaceful. As the reader continues to read to chapter six and seven while Kumalo is in the city it is easy to tell that this scenery differs drastically. Throughout these two chapters it is said how filthy and poor the city is. Another physical example is when Msimangu told Kumalo that Gertrude tells her body on the streets and that she is not the only one. Shocked to hear this kind of news, its obvious there is none of that back in his peaceful Christian like village. The last example on the filthiness side of things is that there is a lot more sickness going around. When there are so many people packed into a city like there is in this book, its very easy for one person to get sick then for it to spread around. Like when the little girl burns up with fever and dies in the middle of the night. People are a lot less likely to get sick back at the village. The second out of three ways is comparing the village and city socially. Back in the village as described in chapter one, there are not many people. The village is full of elderly people, while the city is full of young loud kids and younger men. Paton makes it obvious starting in chapter three that the city is hectic and full of crazy people that
In Undertaking a Journey, an elderly Zulu priest finds himself switching from one scenery to another in a short period of time. Coming from a small and peaceful village, Kumalo goes to Johannesburg and finds himself in a whole new place he is not use to; the city. There are many differences between a small village and a huge crowded city, but there are three ways to compare them that stand out. These three settings are: physically, socially, and spiritually. The first of three ways to compare the city and the village is physically. In chapter one, Paton gives tons of imagery of the village he lives in such as how clean it is, how beautiful it is, the green grass, the village having lots of flowers, and it being very peaceful. As the reader continues to read to chapter six and seven while Kumalo is in the city it is easy to tell that this scenery differs drastically. Throughout these two chapters it is said how filthy and poor the city is. Another physical example is when Msimangu told Kumalo that Gertrude tells her body on the streets and that she is not the only one. Shocked to hear this kind of news, its obvious there is none of that back in his peaceful Christian like village. The last example on the filthiness side of things is that there is a lot more sickness going around. When there are so many people packed into a city like there is in this book, its very easy for one person to get sick then for it to spread around. Like when the little girl burns up with fever and dies in the middle of the night. People are a lot less likely to get sick back at the village. The second out of three ways is comparing the village and city socially. Back in the village as described in chapter one, there are not many people. The village is full of elderly people, while the city is full of young loud kids and younger men. Paton makes it obvious starting in chapter three that the city is hectic and full of crazy people that