Discrimination and inequity in South Africa Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ written by Alan Paton‚ talks about one black father‚ Stephen Kumalo‚ and one white father‚ James Jarvis. Kumalo’s son Absalom shot Jarvis’s son Arthur using a revolver and Kumalo tries to save his son. The book describes many racial discrimination and economic inequality. The character Msimangu prophesies that white men and black men will come together and work for good of their country. However‚ forty years later‚ his prophecy still
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the novel Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ the author‚ Alan Paton‚ writes about the current struggles within South Africa through the eyes of two opposite characters: James Jarvis and Stephen Kumalo. James Jarvis is a wealthy white man coping with the loss of his son while questioning his attitudes toward the racial injustice of his country. Stephen Kumalo is a native black priest whose life takes a turn when he discovers the vices and twisted realities behind Johannesburg and his home country. Kumalo receives
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touch every citizen’s life in some manner. The damaged people of Africa cannot protect their peers‚ for the racial barriers have disarmed them. Alan Paton uses tone to reveal the racial barriers in Africa‚ through his contemporary novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country. Africa and her people grow weak and shrivel in the face of racial barriers. Discrimination against the natives prevents them from achieving great accomplishments; instead the view of the natives as a source of cheap labor prevails. The
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In Cry the Beloved Country‚ power is the ultimate corruptor of all people. In his book‚ Alan Paton discusses the issue of how the people’s obsession with power brought many issues into South Africa. Reverend Msimangu states that power is corrupt‚ John Kumalo became caught up in the never-ending chase for power‚ and the “native issue” existed ultimately because of the white people’s thirst for power. Evidently‚ power was the crux of many issues in South Africa during the 1940s-1950s. Msimangu drew
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anger toward (someone who has done something wrong) - stop blaming (someone) - stop feeling anger about (something) - forgive someone for (something wrong) - stop requiring payment of (money that is owed) Although Alan Paton’s novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ is centered around the apartheid in South Africa‚ he explores forgiveness and the choice to cast someone aside. Paton’s two main characters‚ James Jarvis‚ a white farmer‚ and Reverend Stephen Kumalo‚ a black pastor‚ search to forgive throughout
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domination of their husbands and fathers. In Alan Paton’s Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ Anne Paton’s “Why I’m Fleeing South Africa”‚ and Nelson Mandela’s 1964 speech‚ those who are oppressed find different ways to respond. People who are being oppressed respond in ways that will make the biggest impact on their current situation. When some people are feeling oppressed‚ they want to speak out and have their voices heard. In Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ Arthur Jarvis speaks out against oppression in the form
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allusions and references is evident in Alan Paton’s Cry‚ the Beloved Country. Against the backdrop of South Africa’s racial and cultural problems‚ massive enforced segregation‚ similarly enforced economic inequality‚ Alan Paton uses these references as way to preserve his faith for the struggling country. By incorporating Biblical references into his novel‚ one can see that Alan Paton is a religious man and feels that faith will give hope to his beloved country. Throughout the entire novel‚ Alan Paton continuously
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Paton‚ author of Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ brings awareness to the racial discrimination that devastates South Africa. In Johannesburg and other cities alike‚ the African population considerably outnumbers the European community‚ but even so‚ it is mainly blacks that suffer from discrimination. The perpetrators of this unjust treatment‚ in most instances‚ originate from the white community; they defend their actions against Africans by claiming to uphold the belief “that because [God] created white
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Friends Make the Man The influence of friends is of massive importance in the novel Cry‚ the Beloved Country. Without his friends encouraging him‚ Absalom would most likely never have tried to rob Arthur Jarvis’ house‚ and he certainly would not have accidentally shot Arthur. Absalom said it himself when he told his father‚ “It was bad companions.” The reader is repeatedly reminded of this one condemning mistake: choosing bad friends results in dangerous activities. Another example of this
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In the novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country fear is a continuing problem within people‚ especially in South Africa. Whether or not it is people fearing simple little things such as bugs‚ or people fearing much bigger things such as each other. In the book a big thing that goes into the fear is segregation‚ white people fear African Americans and African Americans fear white people. This leads to problems such as murder‚ and a well-known reverend to lose his faith in God. One of the first characters introduced
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